The pattern was 90/10, better suited for trap and rising pheasants than coyotes disappearing into the creosote bushes or bunnies and bad guys. 5 loads producing excellent pattern density. At the Mojave Sportsman's Club's Seven Mile Range, the 720 patterned about 2 feet wide at 40 yards, the Colonial choke and wicked Federal No. With the Cutts compensator removed, the 720 becomes quite the handy defensive gun. Several years ago I'd used some in my gas-operated Excel Auto, with huge gouts of sooty flame blasting out the ejection port, shearing off the hapless extractor. These were originally cooked up for Single Action Society doin's. 8 shot, finally topped with an over-shot card. Out of Greg's 34-inch Krieghoff, they produce a smidge over 1,300 fps, but the abbreviated barrel of the 720 offered them at just 1,239 fps.įinally, I had a box of Magtech brass shells loaded some time ago with 51 grains of Goex FFg behind a (there will be a quiz) 10-gauge gas seal, 9/16-inch fiber wad, then a 3/16-inch cork wad, then an ounce of No. 8.5 shot in Remington STS hulls, all ignited by Italian Cheddite primers. He uses a Spolar press and wads over 20 grains of Hodgdon Clays to launch 1 1/8 ounces of West Coast No. I traded for a box of reloads with serious trap competitor Greg Holden.
7 shot at 1,309 fps.ĭocile Winchester AA Light Target, the industry standard for trap and skeet, hosted 11/8 ounces of No. Surprisingly, the next hottest round was Gamebore's 2 ½-inch Pure Gold paper/fiber, which stepped out with the others, launching an ounce of No. I've killed pheasant roosters dead at 60 yards with it, but it probably has taken several thousand miles off my rotator cuff. Painfully at the top end was Federal's brutal Prairie Storm, packing 1¼ ounces of Flight Stopper lead at 1,467 fps. Three 12-gauge factory loads and two handloads were used for the shooting portion of this report. Ever frugal, Savage stamped "engraving" into the receiver. Army Ordnance Corps proofs indicate that this shotgun saw military service in World War II.
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