A couple of friends came over to share my private shooting range and facilities yesterday. Both were toting 20-gauge slug guns – one in a fully-rifled Remington model 1100 and the other with a Rossi – both scoped.
Joe, with the 1100 was all over the target at 100 yards and we all concluded it wasn’t good enough to hunt with. He then sighted in his muzzleloader and easily qualified according to our rules at 100 yardsm but he really wanted to use the 20 gauge. Bummed out to say the least.
Next up was Stan with his Rossi. He brought well over $150 worth of ammo (although the term “worth” is questionable). He fired the Hornady SSTs and Federal Premium with the Barnes – again a beautiful “pattern”. (Too, bad he wasn’t testing a scattergun). He then pulled out some Lightfield stuff. One round wasn’t in a box and the shell was obviously different than the other Lightfield ammom but I hadn’t noticed why it was different; the plastic hull had lengthwise lines on it, while the boxed ammo hulls were smooth. His first shot was with the odd round and the second shot was with the other ammo. Turns out one was a 3-inch load and apparently that was the difference.
In any case, he shot one more with the 2 3/4-inch load and it was quite a bit off from the first Lightfield shot. I then asked him if he had at least 2 Lightfield rounds left, and he did. He then allowed me to fire the last 2 rounds at the 100-yard target with his gun. (I wanted to rule out some firearm-related problem, because so far nothing was performing acceptably.) My only 2 shots and Stan’s one shot were within 1 1/2 inches apart on the target and then we were out of the Lightfield ammo.
Joe took note and we promptly went to the local store for some Lightfield 20-gauge slugs. As you know, the 1100 only takes the 2 3/4-inch rounds so we came back with one box for testing. Once again, the Lightfields came through with about a 2-inch group and he”ll be back with more Lightfield ammo to dial it in next weekend. The Lightfield ammo was the only ammo that made the grade in both “problematic” guns.
Since Stan ran out of ammo but was pleased with the Lightfield results, he will be getting some more for his Rossi.
I look forward to sighting in Joe’s gun with the Lightfields next weekend.
