I'd also like to add my 2 cents....I've been hunting longbeards since 1968, I've seen alot of shells come and go..I've tested most of them and would conclude that we've come a long long way since the 1960's.... the stuff we shot back then wouldn't hold a candle to the stuff used today...these are the best of times in the turkey shooting world for sure.. I'm just wondering if haven't reached about the end of what can be accomplishedwith ashotgun ..it seems like it's all about what's flying through the air..hevi-shot vs copper vs lead etc... it's like the 320 feet per second barrier in the bow world, with bows in hunting form, not bare... I also agree that not every 3 1/2 will out shoot every 3 inch.. I've seen on paper the facts.. YOUMUST TEST whatever you choose on paper...lots of gobbler lives have been spared over the years by hunters who refuse to test, you'd be surprised how many never fire any shell at paper.. I don't know how they can live with themselves, YOU MUST know where they hit.. saves alot of suffering or wounding and crippling.. whatever shell you choose and what ever choke.. TEST...give them a fair shake also, clean that barrel between shots and let em' cool off and I've also found out that shooting off your knee against a backrest will make things real... myself.. good ole' Federal Heavyweights, 2 oz. #5's, the blue and gold box... from my Hastings .655 choke in my ole WW 1300 NWTF...every gobbler I've ever shot at was dead on arrival..they shoot straight as an arrow from my shotgun and I've tested them to 50 yards and feel confident of the hit.. so no matter what you shoot, TESTTEST AND TEST..shoot it on paper, we owe that to them !!