Posted by charlie cleveland on September 23, 2009, 6:16 pm
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got the old 8 ga loomis out today iset up target at 100 yards.target was 3 ft x 3 ft . first loads was a2 1/2 ounce bb.was fired out of the right barrel.the number of hits were 23. the secould shot was a load of no. 2 s fired at same distance.it was shot out of left barrel.the no. of hits were 35.the load of 2 s was also 2 1/2 ounce. there was no place for alarge duck or goose to have flown through this pattern without getting hit 2 to 3 times. atlas though all i can do is try this gun on turkeys. itook a turkey with this gun at 65 steps was a clean kill. whats yalls opinons on these shots . charlie.. ps this was market hunters old f. a. loomis 8 ga. and shells were loaded by tom armbrust.

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Posted by Bill Murphy on September 24, 2009, 7:37 am, in reply to "100 yard shots"
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Use smaller shot for turkeys. Even at 60-65 yards, 2 1/2 ounces of #6 should be good for a head shot.

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Posted by MarketHunter on September 24, 2009, 12:34 pm, in reply to "Re: 100 yard shots"
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Sounds like a plenty good enough pattern, though I wonder about penetration at that kind of distance. Did you ever get that 40 inch Long Tom figured out? Destry

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Posted by charlie cleveland on September 24, 2009, 9:11 pm, in reply to "Re: 100 yard shots"
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i lke no 6 s i use them for head shots but i have kept the range to about 45 steps or closer i have always liked the bigger shot size though.i will load some no 6s up and let yall know how they turn out. destrey there is plenty of pentration with the large shot at 100 yards will do a test for you and let you know. you ask about that 40 inch gun. ive about decided it needs a new home ive never been so displeased with a gun in all my life.ive shot ever size shot that i have and it dont like any of the shells ive fed it.i dont have any kind of instruments to measure the bore with but a dime will only go 10 inches into the barrel from the breach end.ive never seen another gun that a dime would stop that close to that end.most guns a dime will stop at about the last two inches of the barrel if its a full choke gun. i think the old gun needs cones lengthened out what do yall think charlie

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Posted by MarketHunter on September 25, 2009, 3:13 am, in reply to "Re: 100 yard shots"
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Charlie, Sent you an email about the 40 incher, I don't want the other Smith boys to stone us for talking about a non-Smith gun on the BBS. *wink* Destry

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