02-14-2006, 01:15 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 283
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RE: What Load?
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ORIGINAL: Bloominghunter2
What Load do ya'll think is best for a 3 in. 20 gauge. Turkey SuperFull choke. Thanks.
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I use a Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga with a Hastings® Super Full Extnded Choke Tube (#I20570). My son uses a Winchester® 20ga pump with the same exact choke tube. (Within gauge Browning Invector®, Mossberg®, Savage®, SKB®, Weatherby®, and Winchester® are fully interchangeable).
My son & I both use 20ga pump guns. We've had the best success with Federal® Grand Slam 1 5/16oz and Remington® Hev"¢Shot 1¼oz #5 & 6 shot. My son's gun patterns the Federal load with #5 shot the best; better than the Hevishot #5 or 6. Conversely, in my gun; the Federal #6 load patterns the best, even better (albeit by only a pellet or two) than Remington® Hevi"¢Shot. Neither of us have success with #4 shot of any type for turkey hunting with our 20ga guns. (With Hevi"¢Shot however, it's pure death to mallardswith IC choke to 50 yds!).
Depending on your gun & load youmay be able to take a gobbler to 40 yds. Start patterning @ 30yds with different loads & chokes. Take the best of those experiments & gradually work back to 40yds. You may (or may not) however find a good 40yd load.
Once you have what works then pattern at CLOSE RANGE: 5, 10, 15, 20, & 25yds. It's a whole new ball game when you have a gobbler in your sights at 35yds & one slips between you at 5-10yds!
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