Guys i am heading to new mexico in 2 weeks to film my brother in laws turkey hunt.
I never hunted turkey so heres what i got.
J.C. Higgins model 20 -12GA ( 2 - 3/4" )
It has an adjustable choke that goes from 25 - 30 - 35 - 4- - 55 - 60 yards. I remember shooting some cheap winchester 8 shot through this shotgun at 60 yards and it did pretty good, but i do believe we need more than 1 1/8oz, or maybe just something with larger shot size for turkey.
I don't think 8's are big enough to kill a turkey unless he's in your lap. You'll end up wounding birds. Get yourself some 2 3/4" turkey loads, 6's, or 5's, and try them with your gun. With an adjustable choke, you should be able to find a load that'll work out to 40 yd.
Guys i am heading to new mexico in 2 weeks to film my brother in laws turkey hunt.
I never hunted turkey so heres what i got.
J.C. Higgins model 20 -12GA ( 2 - 3/4" )
It has an adjustable choke that goes from 25 - 30 - 35 - 4- - 55 - 60 yards. I remember shooting some cheap winchester 8 shot through this shotgun at 60 yards and it did pretty good, but i do believe we need more than 1 1/8oz, or maybe just something with larger shot size for turkey.
I hate to be Mr. Negative... But I think you might want to leave that gun at home in the closet
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I'd pattern some 6, 5, and 4s copper plated lead through this gun using the tighest choke and see what pattern I'd get on the attached downloadable target.
I have read many of your posts on the BP forum and know you do research. My rule of thumb is 8 to 12 pellet holes consistently in the neck bone, skull, eye of the second paper target and that determines my lethal range. But again I like them real close - closer than most here.
I would not shoot a bird past 30 yards (patterning you know your distance which gives you the confidence of a clean shot - so it may be farther) and closer is far better. I use Winchester Supreme #4s and think I have seen that load in a 2 3/4 shell.
6s give you more bbs per shell but I changed to 4s as that gave me a higher muzzle velocity which gives me a little bit more distance and with the higher velocity a bit more punch.
JW
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6's IMO are the minimum shot size for turkey, fed. use to market a 3"/2 oz load of 7 1/2 CCL (copper coated lead) an absolute head grinder at 20 yards, somewhere between 30 and 35 yards the energy had disapated to the point they didn't penetrate deep enough for a clean kill, had a good friend found this out the hard way.
RR
#8 will penetrate paper, will it make a killing shot on a turkey? I don't think so.
The gobbler crippled by the #" load of 7 1/2's in the post above was still there the next year, he was still active, but when he gobbled all he did was blow air, nothing under #6 is suitable, if you think different, you have been warned.
RR
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