Originally Posted by
Brad C.
Take this pattern that Todd shot. That should still be good for 100 to 120 hits in the 10" at 50yds with plenty of power to shoot plum through the head and neck of a turkey at 50yds. 5's simply won't give you the numbers that 6's will at 50yds. So why shoot the Hevi-13 5's?
I think where are opinions differ is needing 100 pellets to be effective now we have come down to a 1 shot size difference we have gone from 7s vs 5s to 6s vs 5s. There is little difference in KE vs pattern density I personally like the added KE of 5s vs the difference in pellet counts.
Yes you will get more pellets with 6s and even more with 7s so a logical compromise between us would be 6s and your effective range would meet somewhere in the middle.
I goes back to simply a differing of opinion on the number of pellets needed to effectively take a turkey my argument was any distance one would shoot w 7s that 5s still provide a dense enough pattern. If you suggest 6s for me to dispute would be tough as we are talking one pellet size. Personally I have always had great results w 5s and enjoy the added energy.