This follow-up has been a long time coming. I shot the round ball loads in my semi-auto shotgun and although they function just fine, I was not thrilled with the accuracy. At 25 yards, I was getting 5″ – 6″ groups. Without a choke, I’m afraid there was too much space in the bore to be very consistent.

Recently, I picked up a double barreled 20-gauge Yildiz shotgun that was made in Turkey. I ordered a couple of choke tubes from Tru-choke. One is an Improved Modified I intend to use with the #4 buckshot loads I have made. The other is a Skeet II tube which measures .001″ of an inch smaller than my cast round balls. I was hoping this would be the ticket for accuracy with the round balls. I was not disappointed!

My first shot at 25 yards hit the black bullseye and my next two shots dropped right in on top of the first one. I was shooting from the bench with only a front bead and firing from the left-hand barrel.

The smaller holes you see in the target are from a load of #4 buckshot I fired from the right-hand barrel through the Improved Modified choke.

These loads should work fine for hogs and deer at close range. I’m planning to do some more shooting at longer distances to see what kind of accuracy range I will have with this combination.