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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Heeler" data-source="post: 3529433" data-attributes="member: 46613">I couldn&#039;t help but think of his &quot;two blasts&quot; nonsense when I was getting this.&nbsp; I have a Beretta 686 O/U so in theory, I could hold one in each hand and fire four blasts for twice the effect.&nbsp; You are correct.&nbsp; If I would ever have to use this shotgun or any shotgun for self-defense, it will likely be under 10 yards which means tighter patterns which means that I best be aiming.&nbsp;&nbsp; While the spread of the Rio 0 Buck and the Remington #4 Buck covered a target at 10 yards, it still has to be aimed. As to how a gun &quot;patterns&quot;, I do that with my all my shotguns.&nbsp; Bird guns and HD guns.&nbsp; I have a Model 12 that was my late father&#039;s and it has a REALLY open choke.&nbsp; He wanted that so he could slam-fire the gun and in theory, be a &quot;street sweeper&quot;.&nbsp; On the flip side, my Mossberg 590A1 (still have it despite selling it to my brother in law ... I don&#039;t think he wants it anymore since he can&#039;t find shells and I won&#039;t sell him any of mine) that shoots very tight patterns especially with the Federal LE 00 Buckshot loads.&nbsp; It has &quot;three dot&quot; sights which I don&#039;t really like on handguns but on this shotgun, they work great for aiming, especially when I throw slugs. Have to say, Federal&#039;s &quot;Flight Control&quot; wads are amazing. I once patterned those with my Mossberg at around 5&quot; at 25 yards.&nbsp; A few years back, I bought a case ... glad I did today.&nbsp; Had three different people ask me at the range, &quot;Where did you buy your buckshot?!?&quot;[ATTACH=full]194827[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue Heeler, post: 3529433, member: 46613"] I couldn't help but think of his "two blasts" nonsense when I was getting this. I have a Beretta 686 O/U so in theory, I could hold one in each hand and fire four blasts for twice the effect. You are correct. If I would ever have to use this shotgun or any shotgun for self-defense, it will likely be under 10 yards which means tighter patterns which means that I best be aiming. While the spread of the Rio 0 Buck and the Remington #4 Buck covered a target at 10 yards, it still has to be aimed. As to how a gun "patterns", I do that with my all my shotguns. Bird guns and HD guns. I have a Model 12 that was my late father's and it has a REALLY open choke. He wanted that so he could slam-fire the gun and in theory, be a "street sweeper". On the flip side, my Mossberg 590A1 (still have it despite selling it to my brother in law ... I don't think he wants it anymore since he can't find shells and I won't sell him any of mine) that shoots very tight patterns especially with the Federal LE 00 Buckshot loads. It has "three dot" sights which I don't really like on handguns but on this shotgun, they work great for aiming, especially when I throw slugs. Have to say, Federal's "Flight Control" wads are amazing. I once patterned those with my Mossberg at around 5" at 25 yards. A few years back, I bought a case ... glad I did today. Had three different people ask me at the range, "Where did you buy your buckshot?!?" [ATTACH=full]194827[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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