Well I finally received my new forend stock and was able to do some shooting. Before I did any shooting I put the O rings on the stock screw. Have a Leupold VX-1 Shotgun scope with Millett Rings. I'm shooting off the back of my truck with the forend resting on sandbags so not the ideal setup.
All shot at 100 yards:
Hornady SST's:
5 shot group - 5 1/4"
Fed Barnes X:
4 shot group - 15"
After the 4th shot, I never bothered with the 5th. I had two absolute flyers and it wasn't me. One barely was caught on paper
Rem. Core Lokt Ultra:
3 shot group - 6 1/2"
Lightfield:
3 shot group - 2 3/4"
Man do these things leave a hole
Win Plat. Tip (2 3/4"):
3 shot group - 4 1/4"
Win Part. Gold (2 3/4"):
3 shot group - 4 3/8"
Copper Solid (2 3/4"):
3 shot group - 2 1/4"
Hornady SST's:
3 shot group - 4 1/4"
I bought a couple boxes of these hoping they would work out so tried them again.
One thing I noticed, most of my shot strings are vertical. I am pretty sure it wasn't my barrel overheating as I walked to the target between each shot and it was about 60 out when shooting. Does it need to be cooled down more??? I don't 100% trust the Millett rings and will be picking up some Warne rings next season. Any other ideas. I bought some Warnes for another gun and they are absolutely solid and look great. Because I'm shooting off the back of the truck, I caught myself resting the forend screw on bags and not the stock several times. I need to re-shoot with all the rounds off a good rest and maybe remove the O-ring.
I ended up picking 5 boxes of the Winchester Part. Gold mainly because I got them on sale and they have good energy out to 100+. But those Lightfields leave one heck of a hole. I should probably use those or the Copper Solids as they faired pretty good and have good field results from what I gather.
The trigger on this gun is unbelievable. I'm guessing around 3 1/2 lbs, super crisp. I only have one other stock trigger that comes close to this and cost 4 times the gun. Love the scope. Tried finding a replacement stock, but the don't have the patience to grind down the Simms "grind to fit" nor do I like the slip ons.