Ishoot the TK2000 for turkey and it does the job better than my 12 guage. Here is the post I did almost 2 years ago when I got mine.
Hey all, I finally got to tourch off my TK2000 for the first time on saturday. Since I didn't see any deer while bowhunting in the morning I deceided to try the gun.
First shot was 100gr Pyrodex RS Select ffg loose with #6 shot in a 2-3/8" shot wad cup with a foam overshot card using the new 209 kleanbore primers. Target was set at 30yds, and since this was my first time shooting I was shooting offhand while standing. Wow! what power the shot echoed in the valley like a cannon. I had 7 pellets in the brain area and 10 pellets in the spinal column on the target I was really impressed.
Second shot was 90gr Pyrodex with same shot and setup. This time I had 12 pellets in the spinal column and 2 in the brain area. Still impressive.
Third shot was 110gr Pyrodex with same setup. I had 14 pellets in the kill zone and the patterning was a little tighter with the load.
Final shot was at 35 yds with 110gr Pyro. This time I had 8 pellets in the kill zone and 2 in the brain.
I beleive the gun is capable of distances beyond that but I must admit at 35 yds it is hard to see the birds head for me so I didn't want to try it and get erroneous results.
The loading sequence is quite simple. Measure out your load, pour it in the barrel, next load your wad. I looked at Knight's wads but they want way too much for them so I bought 100 3-1/2" wads from Ballistic Products and they are the exact same ones that came with the gun, even red in color. I got a 100 of them for 11.99. www.ballisticproducts.com
Next fill an empty shot cup with your shot then pour it in the barrel. The next step is to place an overshot card on top. I used the foam card that came with the gun but I also picked up 500 cards from ballistic for 7.99.
The shot also came from them in a 25lb bag called Magnum shot #6 and it is very consistent I didn't see and bad pellets.
Cleanup was impressive with the 209s. I looked at the barrel after shooting when I got home and to my surprise it was not fouled at all. I did still clean between shots but the patches were extreamly clean when I did run between shots. Just a habit to clean between shots for me. I probably didn't need to do it. I cleaned the barrel with a bucket of scalding hot water and Knights solvent and it cleaned everything just as expected. The breech plug was not stuck, it actually came free without a hitch and was not fouled, just a quick scrub and it was clean. The hammer was taken apart and cleaned up with no problems. That gun is a pleasure to shoot and the power is impressive. The kick is everything everyone says it to be impressive. If you are not ready it will knock you around. I must say the first shot was unexpected in the recoil dept. I did get it down on the next shots. I've heard if you put an overpowder shot card in between the powder and wad it will help with recoil. I did not try that as I thought it was shooting fine.
After testing It was useless to go back to bowhunting since I beleive that everything within a few mile radius had to hear the gun go off.
The air temp was 60 and sunny and clear a real perfect day shooting. I had filmed the whole shooting sequence but have no idea as to how to transfer from film to computer to the internet.
Great gun. I got mine on an auction site brand new from a Wild Turkey event from a guy who didn't need it for about half of what BassPro and Cabelas wants. I spoke to Knight about the new thumbhole stocks for mine and they are 150 bucks ifI want one.