Had a good day at the range yesterday !!! Went with my Bro In Law to his gun club in Santa Barbara CA And it was really foggy so we could only shoot at 25 yards cuz we couldn't see the targets at 50.
My main reason for going was to finalize the Zero on the Monkeyberg with the smooth bore barrel with the Carlson's Rifled Choke Tube. I wanted it to perform with what has come to be my standard 3 Gun Slug Load. I was pleasantly surprised by the results!!!
The load I was using was,,, Win AA hull, Lee 1 oz. Slug, 18 gr of Green Dot Powder, WAA 12 Wad with 1/8 card under slug, and powdered Mica on the Wad, Fold Crimp.
The first target was the white paper one which I was using to refine my zero, and that group had 4 shots in essentially one big ragged hole. I moved the rear sight to move the group to the right and the last shot split the vertical line on the target so I moved on to the next target.
That target is the "Shoot n See" target and there is 3 shots thru the same hole with two "flyers" The Red Dot on that target is 1" so that group is about 2" total. I'm keeping the 3 shots thru the same hole as the representation of the accuracy of this Gun/Load Combo.
I shot another group with Lyman Slugs loaded with the same load in STS Hulls and they shot pretty well too, but not quite to the Lee Slugs, but still good enough any conceivable purpose.
One problem that I will take care of in the next iteration will be using a diamond shaped target spots. I was having to cover the bullseye with the Fiber Optic Front Sight Bead and that resulted in a little bigger groups than would have happened with proper and consistent sight alignment to the targets by using a diamond shaped spot that I could sit on top of the front sight and center up more consistently.
I also changed the barrel on the gun to my fully rifled 18" barrel with some slightly more powerful loads that didn't all group in the same county. That will be another project.
Pretty happy with the results. As soon as our range reopens I will extend the distance to 50 yards and see if these loads perform the same.
A good day.
Randy