This is strange...

[Snal~]

I picked up a set of Carlsons choke tubes for my newly acquired Beretta, and patterned them this morning. They patterned really well.

I had read that you need a minimum of 250 yds to shoot skeet, and I have that on my barn property.
I wanted to "prove" the 250', so I shot 3 shells from my dock, across the water, which is WAY further that the shells can possibly shoot.
it was me, the wife, and one of our daughters standing there, and NONE of us could tell where the shot fell! Saw the hull hit the water, but not the slightest
hint of where the shot landed!
This was 12ga 7-1/2 shot.
I would have thought that it would have been easy to see where the shot fell on the water.

 

[Red Marley]

 

[Windini]

 

[fieldgrade]

 

[DrScaryGuy]

you didn't account for the coriolis effect

 

[9outof10mms]

Was the water calm glass? If not, a tiny BB hitting the surface wouldn’t make as big of a splash as you think.

 

[BlackGun]

Nay. You don’t need 250 yards for bird shot. Especially at the angles on a high and low house. 150 most likely.

 

[Schattenreiter]

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Where's the kaboom?
There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom.

 

[Jmoser]

At 150+ yards the 'pattern' is probably 50 ft diameter and strung out 30 ft long. Unless the water was glass smooth you wont see individual pellets splash down.

Edit: how far to the opposite shore ??

 

[Snal~]

Was the water calm glass? If not, a tiny BB hitting the surface wouldn’t make as big of a splash as you think.

Not dead calm but I could see reflections of the opposite shore.

 

[Snal~]

At 150+ yards the 'pattern' is probably 50 ft diameter and strung out 30 ft long. Unless the water was glass smooth you wont see individual pellets splash down.

Edit: how far to the opposite shore ??

Probably 500 yards +-.