took my pardner turkey out today shot 3 diffrent kinds of #4 buckshot a one 2.75" with 27 and one 2.75" with 31 pellets and a 3" with 41 pellets it liked the 27 pellet one the best out to 30 yards which looks like this might be the max range untill a try a few more i got 7 pellets into a 5" circle. i heard that getting the forceing cone lengthed might tighen the pattern up a bit is this true. also it did really well with slugs out to about 40 yards (didn't try further) it also patterned #4 bird shot and 7.5s really well