Love that you're using a big target. So many folks shoot at the turkey head target and say "my pattern sucks" when in all actuality it may be a great pattern ,their POI may be off from the POA.

I do the same thing but I use Flitz . And I put a old choke tube in it to save the threads in my barrel .Thanks

I wasn't let down! Glad to see your still making videos. Amazing work!

This is a great and positive video that teaches a few new tricks. It also brings us back to the fundamental importance of a clean weapon.

Great video Caleb! Like the drill/brush/steel wool trick!

The Federal 8-10 TSS are absolutely the shell for my gun which is a Tristar 20 ga viper with a carlson LB choke. I have patterned them out to 50 with very a dense pattern. Likewise these shells performed equally as well in my Beretta A400 20 gauge(stolen out of my truck) last year. it is unreal how these shells perform.

Exellent tip.fine stuff there.i beleive i missed a bird last year due to a dirty barrel.i only use my turkey gun 2 weeks out of the year.i did not properly clean it before i stored it away & did not patern it before i took it out i shoot a winchester xx 3&1/2" #4 & missed a bird at 50 yrds in a wide open area.😩. Im going out today & cleaning & pattering this shotgun & im not gonna take that chance this season.great video partner.stay safe out there & good huntin! From arkansas.

I never thought about using steel wool to polish the barrel. Thanks for the great information and thanks for sharing!!

You removed your chole...what about the threads? Wouldn't it be better to put a cylinder bore choke in there to protect the threads? Or leave the choke in to clean it up?

Yes been doing this for years on shotgun chambers, especially if your having eject problems ,on cheaper shotguns they come from the factory with a non polished chamber to keep cost down skipping this step. If you notice on high-end shotguns they have a mirror finish in the chamber and barrel. Also if your shooting cheap target low brass they sometimes get sticky in the chamber after firing, this polishing helps that. But be careful on chrome lined barrels with the steel wool, chrome is thin and if done to long you could break threw the chrome coating, remember your just polishing, and with the drill don't let it get to hot. If your doing an old steel barrel that not chromed lined and has some pitting from rust you can put Fitz polishing compound on the steel wool and get nice and shiny... also leave your choke tube in so you don't damage the threads in the barrel. I worked with an old gunsmith years ago and we done this a lot you be surprised of how many people just don't clean there guns and let rust take over. We had a doctor customer one time who just left his Browning A5 in the duck blind until next season, crazy but true and that was a job to clean that one and if it rusted beyond repair he just buy another and leave it at the duck blind untill next year.. oh well it just money right! Anyway good video.

this is a great video sir . very informative !

Also you can use a mop instead of putting patches on a brush. It works great

I polished the bore and chamber on my Mossberg 500 w/ a 28" vent rib cut down to 20" and it is measurably more accurate now with rifles slugs and 00. The amount and directionality of drag affecting performance inside even a cylinder bore was surprising!

I haven’t yet put a single pellet in breast meat; only neck and head. I sight my shotgun a little high so the bottom half of the pattern is hitting neck and head. Works great.

What mount did you use for the Burris FF? Thanks for your videos.

Great video, does the stoeger m3020 need drilled out for red dot sight

What a sweet Stoger man, and both patterns, especially the Federal it on point at 40!!!! What kind of Federal shells are those again???

Cool. Now I know how to get rid of my old Christmas wrapping paper.

I have this gun myself. What combos (choke/load) have you had the best luck with?

Wonder what Tru Glow bead that is on the front and what size?

Did you make that gun vice/box ?

I use this same technique to polish out imperfections on collets for CNC machine. Put some diamond compound on the steel wool to get out stubborn marks. It will make it shine like a mirror.

Have you ever tried a jag? Use that with a patch and make sure it's really tight in the bore so it squeaks and you will be surprised.

Did u have any prob with drilling an tapping that gun for ff3?

Your choke is blowing the pattern out on the apex load and federal tss love a more restricted choke try a 550 with the federal or a 565 with the apex.

Love the...... America side note!

.555 is probably to tight for the Stoeger, I got a great pattern with a .573 and new Boss 2oz load of #9's.

More more more! Testing please! You didn't even get to the LB XR! That 8-10 blend is crazy!

Using the drill & steel wool was brilliant.

Where are you located in Arkansas my son is in Cherry Valley .

There's really no need to polish a chrome lined barrel, just deep clean it.

That black ring in your barrel is your forcing cone,send it to a gun smith! And see what a difference it makes taking it out I'm a turkey Hunter trust me better pattern & less recoil

Its about that patterning time!

Doesn't Stoeger chrome line their barrels? If so polishing isn't necessary.

great video. only thing i seen was you didnt tell people to put a choke back in before cleaning the bore. i know it sounds dumb but we all know some people need all the help they can get.

Good info... cleaning a barrel should take around 25 to 35 minutes...

That hoppes lubricating oil in the little orange bottle is good stuff but watch out if you’re going to use it on your gun in real cold weather. I had my shotgun out with my brother the other day we were testing turkey loads and it snowed and iced and was 12degrees out. After 15 minutes it started getting sticky, after 30 it froze up the lube and was sticking the action so bad it wouldn’t fully cycle even 3 1/2inch goose loads that I know cycle it everytime. But it is very slick and good stuff when it ain’t froze lol

Shooting Apex, a wad-stripping choke is usually best, and that load loves a 562-570. The Feds like a non-wad-stripping choke, like a Pure Gold or Jebs, and in a 550-560. Just my 2 cents. The #6 LBXR shoots well in all of them. I have an SX3 20ga with a Sumtoy 562 without strippers, that puts almost 100% of the pattern in a 10" circle with GT-20 #8. It also likes a federal #7. Ya never know what will work best.

You need a sumtoy mount on that gun it will look alot cleaner I really don't like that big screw sticking out the side

have you noticed if you take the barrel off to clean it or what ever and re-install it, will the receiver mounted sight still be dead on?

Traditionally #9 shot was used for clay pigeons. I’m surprised at the lethality of the small shot. I used to like to use #9 shot in my .410 when I dove hunted as a kid because it gave me more shot to hit the birds. In the old days people that turkey hunted with a .410 used #7-1/2 shot. Worked very good. What’s the benefit of the tungsten over lead?

Won’t the steel wool mess with your choke tube threads?

As any Trap shooter knows, bzrrels can become fouled with plastic residue from repeated firing of plastic wads over time. They generally use stainless steel Tornado (spiral) bore brushes to remove that. The problem I have with boe snakes is that as they age and become dirty you're dragging old gunk and grit through a barrel you're attempting to clean. Never made any sense to me.

Ya'll need to get yourself a Jag for the patch.

would have loved to seen you put the Apex 9s up along side the TSS 9s .

So which one of those shells kill the turkey more dead?

What about a bore snake? I just take the bore snake with bore cleaner on the front end and gun oil on the back end.

Maybe gain a few fps, also.😃

If you’d send that barrel to Rob Roberts Custom Gun Works and get that forcing cone lengthened you would REALLY see a difference in your pattern.

Well after turkey season I take the turkey choke out and just shoot it every once in a while to keep it shooting good

Nvr doubt a 870

Lol kudos to you for all the extra work, but all that was totally unnecessary!! Your bore was cleaned fully once you used the bore cleaner and brush. The drill and steel wool was totally unnecessary imo. Then after that you used the bore snake 🐍 😂 after first and second shot, your bore is fowled up again.

I THINK YOUR NUTS THE CHOKE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF CREATING A PATTERN!! SOMER CRUD HURTS NOTHING WITH A PLASTIC SHOT CUP. COME ON MAN!! CLEAN IS COOL BUT NOT THD BIG BDEALM YOUR MAKING OF IT!

That is not a tight pattern! Thats a absolute covered piece of paper