I bought a box of Remington Premier buffered turkey loads 3.5 in 4 shot. These are the best shells i' ve ever shot out of my 1187 at 18 steps it just makes one big hole in the turkey target head. Well yesterday morning i had the chance to take my fall bird and i did at what I am guessing close to 45 yds. I never had the confidence to shoot that far but I knew the gun and shells could do it so i gave it a try and she went right down. I just had to share this with you fellas and was wondering if any one else has ever used these shells. Good luck to everyone else still hunting this fall.