Anyone else find Fiocchi Golden Pheasant 1-1/4oz #5s pattern too tight out of a Modified choke?
Been hunting pheasant with my Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus for two seasons now. Switched to Fiocchi Golden Pheasant 12ga 2-3/4" 1-1/4oz #5 shot this year. At 35-40 yards, the pattern out of the factory Modified choke seems incredibly dense, almost like a Full. I'm worried I'm missing birds because the pattern is too small. Tried it on patterning paper and confirmed it's tight.
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Yeah, I've seen that with some of the heavier pheasant loads, especially the ones with harder shot like the Golden Pheasant. The Modified choke in the A400 is already a solid performer, and with a dense, high-antimony shot column, it can act tighter. For those 35-40 yard crossing shots on roosters, you might want to drop down to an Improved Cylinder or even a Skeet choke. It'll open that pattern up and give you a better margin for error. What's your typical shooting distance on most of your birds?
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