What is the optimum convergence distance for a 12 gauge upland gun?
Well, lessee. What is the exact distance at which all birds are shot when upland hunting? And to complicate it further, what exact load do these upland hunters use? Can't have loads of differing recoil, now. It will mess it all up.
I kill all my doves at exactly 22 yards, as incomers, using a 20 ga. with 2 1/2 - 7/8 - 7 1/2. I shoot all my quail going away at exactly the same distance, so this should be easy, eh? All we need now is that exceptional gunmaker.
No, wait. I think I want my right barrel to hit dead on at 22 yards, but my left to be on at 38. And I think I want the right barrel regulated with the 7/8 oz. load and the left for a 2 3/4 - 1 oz. load, which means the angles of convergence must be different.
Oh, bother! Maybe I'd be better off just letting that gunmaker build it like he wants to.
SRH
