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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Master Carper" data-source="post: 3622556" data-attributes="member: 15527">Doug came by this morning with a new gun that I had been wanting to look at, and wanted to see if it would shoot my Round Ball loads would shoot  good enough to hog hunt and deer hunt with.Gun tested was a Savage 555E.[ATTACH=full]218777[/ATTACH]I had a styrofoam plate as a target, but it was destroyed, so I put up an identical "target" so you could see the exact group size, which was 6 1/2" across and 8 1/2" top to bottom. The "target" itself is 8 1/2" diameter.All shots were offhand at 50 yards.A full choke was used in each barrel. Doug also tried a modified choke, and 2 shots had a spread of over 2 feet, so that was a definite no go!Before the target was shredded, which made it through all rounds, ALL shots were on the target!The way I look at it, if Doug can put the bead on the front shoulder of either a hog or deer, he should have no problem harvesting either one. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" />As far as the Savage 555E goes, I thought it was a great looking gun! Tight but not too tight. The wood to metal fit was near perfect, and trigger pulls were very manageable. The walnut stock on this gun had some of the best looking figure I have seen on a Turkish made shotgun. I'll have a 20 ga. on order before the week is out!ADDENDUM:I missed a page of my notes.We started off with a 1,100 fps. load, then a 1,200 fps. load, but the 1,300 fps. loads is what was shot above. The first two loads were just so so, but it seemed the higher the velocity, the better the gun shot.Recoil was a little on the stout side, but still quite manageable.All in all, it was a good morning.</blockquote>

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