Patterning results for Müller Chokes (Mobil) with Stoeger and Franchi (Boss Warchief shells)
After shooting an over/under field gun last season (my first year hunting for ducks) and getting my first limit on my last hunting day, I (and my wife) have duck fever. I bit the bullet after weeks of research and Müller came up. A lot. So did Boss. I watched some independent reviewers and was really impressed. So I bought a Stoeger M3500 (my wife got a Franchi Affinity 3), 200 rounds of 3” 1-1/5oz Boss Warchief #3/5 stacked loads, and 1 Müller decoy/1 passing choke… and prayed. I am a scientist. Not a gun or physics doctor, but I’ve done a lot of statistics. I know the sample size Is small. But preliminary data seems fairly good. 55 yards with the passing is beyond what is recommended by Muller so it was just a test, but everything out to 40 was above the 100 pellets in a 30” circle threshold with no gaps bigger than my hand. Even outside the circle the pattern was good. And the Boss shells performed well too. The target stand was 1/2” pine boards and it went through even in places where the boards overlapped. I’m feeling good about the purchase.