 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in today. We're going to check out 12 gauge shot pattern at different distances chokes and loads. We're gonna start out using this high-velocity bird shot made by Fioki It's two and three-quarter inch and it's pretty powerful stuff. I've used this before and I really like it We're also going to use a triple-out buck shot called Remington hog hammer It has eight pellets in each of the shells and each of these are two and three-quarter inch shells We're going to try this at two different distances. So right here. We're at eight yards We're also going to back up to 16 yards and we're also going to use three different chokes We're going to use a cylinder a modified and a full choke and we're going to check out the shot pattern With each of those so let me get out the shotgun and then we'll begin this The shotgun that I'm using for this range test is a tri-star Cobra 3 Mareed model 18 and a half inch barrel and it has a cylinder choke in there right now Here's the bird shot Fioki high velocity Seven and a half shot. We're eight yards away Let's see how it goes and now from eight yards triple-out buck shot with eight pellets still using The cylinder choke Now I have a modified choke installed seven and a half bird load Once again eight yards triple-out buck shot modified choke eight yards a full choke installed high velocity bird shot a Yard triple-out buck shot full choke eight yards All right, each of these are from eight yards. We'll start out with the bird shot We could see that the cylinder choke has a very wide spread It tightens up quite a bit with the modified choke and then it gets very tight with the full choke All these are shot at eight yards. Let's check out the buck shot cylinder You can see the pattern there It gets a little bit tighter with a modified choke and then even tighter yet with a Full choke now the bird shot loads Are much more noticeable than the buck shot, but let's see if that continues at 16 yards All right, 16 yards away. I already had the full choke installed. So I'm gonna stick with this With the high velocity bird load Let's go triple-out buck shot full choke 16 yards bird load 16 yards cylinder choke triple-out buck shot cylinder choke 16 yards Let's take a look at what 16 yards looks like here We have the cylinder choke and it spread all across that poster board as where the full choke kept a tighter pattern at 16 yards as for the buck shot not that great of a difference between the full and The cylinder a little tighter with the full choke right there Opposed to the cylinder, but it is very noticeable with the bird shot All right, so what is the purpose of all this? Well a 12-gauge shotgun was fired at eight yards and 16 yards Not a great difference with the triple-out buck shot in regard to the spread So everybody who has that loaded for self-defense or in their home And they say well just get it close and you'll be okay. That's a myth You're looking at a pattern about this wide and so you do have to make a better shot than many people out there are saying Now with the bird shot, it's very wide all right with all the chokes But especially that cylinder choke, but consider this we're about 18 yards away from that hill Somebody with the winter jacket those pellets would be bouncing off of them I truly believe as we're with the triple-out buck shot. It would have been very lethal So you have to consider the distance, you know, think about your house. Where would you ideally? Have to encounter an intruder and how far away is that and then what choke you have but the most important thing is the load and That is what I was hoping to establish with this range test If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe