And besides, a little Pi R2 finagling shows that if the pattern is even at 80 yards given 8% in a 30 inch circle, it should be about 8.5 feet in diameter.
So, there's really nothing to this 80 yard shooting business.
At 900 fps average shot speed, and 40 mph duck speed, the duck on a 90% deflection shot moves about 15 feet during the time of flight of the shot. Since you only have to point to within roughly 6 feet of the eventual position of the target to get 5 pellets on the duck, it's wonder the shot can be missed.
8% patterns are clearly the key, and we've been wrong about striving for 70% patterns and 40 yard shots. Stupid us!
