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Old 03-06-2019, 10:01 AM
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Erno86
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Originally Posted by Todd1700
If we were talking hevi 13 shot I would agree. In fact with lead I'd go no lower than 6's and shoot no further than 40 yards. But 7s in TSS is massive overkill. Most people who reload it shoot no bigger than 8's and most eventually end up using 9's when they learn to trust how awesomely lethal it is. Some people looking to use a 410 shotgun drop down to 10's in tss to get a good enough pattern with those little shotguns. 10's in this stuff launched at 1100 fps are consistently lethal to 50 yards.
Thanks

I never heard about TSS till this thread. I currently use Federal's 3rd Degree, 12 gauge 3" magnums. I'll have to buy me a couple of TSS boxes. I'am assuming that you still need a hevi-shot type of choke? Do you use reloads, Browning or Federal TSS?
Say if you flushed a turkey...
Do you think #9 TSS will penetrate the main body vitals (heart, liver, lungs) of a turkey in flight at 40 yards?

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