r/turkeyhunting • u/CoHunting • Jul 31 '26

Pattern thoughts

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Trying to get a second opinion. I’m working on pattering my new turkey gun and was wondering what everyone thought about this pattern? Should I move my red dot to the right?
I am shooting a 12 gauge Stoeger M3000 with a Vortex Viper red dot
Winchester longboard xr #5 3in
20 yards

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u/LocoRawhide Aug 01 '26

Looks tight at 20 but what does it look like at 40?

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u/CoHunting Aug 01 '26

I will have to go back out and try 40, unfortunately I wasn’t able to today

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u/BalanceSwimming Aug 01 '26

Maybe a click right but shoot at 40 yards and see what it does first.

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u/CoHunting Aug 01 '26

Thank you! I’ll have to go back out and try at 40

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u/CoHunting Jul 31 '26

Also, forgot to include, I have the stock Turkey Choke that came with the Stoeger

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u/Temporary_Manager566 Aug 01 '26

What size choke is this? I went down the 12ga rabbit hole this year

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u/CoHunting Aug 01 '26

It’s the factory choke that came with the gun, the Stoeger extra full turkey

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u/Banjoturkey Aug 01 '26

Replace that choke!! I have the same gun and choke. There are a lot of reports of that choke getting seized up in the barrel. Not sure on the why, exactly... hut I would definitely get a different choke. I got the patternmaster code black in mine now, it patterns great!!

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u/CoHunting Aug 01 '26

Thank you so much for that info! That would suck having that choke seize up. I’ll check out that patternmaster!

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u/CoHunting Aug 01 '26

Yea where I hunt, the turkeys are pretty used to people so nothing past 30 yards I’d say. I’ll try it at further distances and see what it does. Thank you!

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u/Financial_Towel_6143 Aug 01 '26

Looks about right.

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u/Positive-Hovercraft7 Aug 01 '26

Dead all dam day

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u/Lzpoor 26d ago

Barrel polished?

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u/CoHunting 26d ago

Edit: this is at 30 yards

I ended up moving it just a hair to the right