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Battler · October 7, 2000, 08:02 PM

I've tried out my Win1300 defender (full stock, 18" barrel) at an indoor range that only lets me shoot slugs. I was doing quite well at 25 yards, and the range attendant got a hit at 100 yards on paper (human chest sized paper - I thought he was FOS when he said he could do it with my little barrel) so no problems there.

This gun is for defense, and maybe some fun if any skeety-type ranges will let me in with a scary-looking shotgun with a magazine the same length as the barrel.

I want to try out the gun with various "defense" loads, and see how they pattern. I've been brought to understand that things like 1 ball going astray of the others is highly undesirable. Today I bought 10 each of: 2.75": 0, 00 and 000 buck, and 3"mag 000 buck, all Remington.

I heard of someone having a trigger guard break when shooting 3" shells on a Win1300 - was that just because of the pistol grip? (Again, I have full stock).

In the understanding that all shotguns (even within a particular model) print differently I'm looking to record some load vs. pattern size data for my shotgun. At what ranges should I take this data?

Also, obviously, I've biased the collection toward the larger shot sizes - they were available at this one store. I'll be going back to another store that has the smaller shot available - what others should I test?

thanks,
Battler.

October 7, 2000, 08:02 PM	#1
Battler Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2000 Posts: 1,185	I've tried out my Win1300 defender (full stock, 18" barrel) at an indoor range that only lets me shoot slugs. I was doing quite well at 25 yards, and the range attendant got a hit at 100 yards on paper (human chest sized paper - I thought he was FOS when he said he could do it with my little barrel) so no problems there. This gun is for defense, and maybe some fun if any skeety-type ranges will let me in with a scary-looking shotgun with a magazine the same length as the barrel. I want to try out the gun with various "defense" loads, and see how they pattern. I've been brought to understand that things like 1 ball going astray of the others is highly undesirable. Today I bought 10 each of: 2.75": 0, 00 and 000 buck, and 3"mag 000 buck, all Remington. I heard of someone having a trigger guard break when shooting 3" shells on a Win1300 - was that just because of the pistol grip? (Again, I have full stock). In the understanding that all shotguns (even within a particular model) print differently I'm looking to record some load vs. pattern size data for my shotgun. At what ranges should I take this data? Also, obviously, I've biased the collection toward the larger shot sizes - they were available at this one store. I'll be going back to another store that has the smaller shot available - what others should I test? thanks, Battler.