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What Size Shot Do You Use?
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: durango Colorado USA
Posts: 567
RE: What Size Shot Do You Use?
I like #4's. Bigger is better IMO. I've killed gobblers with #6's but when cleaning the bird, I'vealways found pellets wadded up in the feathers right next to the skin----no penetration. Those pellets didn't help in the killing of the bird. What good are extra pellets if they don't penetrate. I've never found a #4 like that. My 870 will put 11-13 #6pellets in the kill zone @40 yards----with #4's I get 7-9 hits. #4's are what I have used for the past 15 years-----never lost a bird. 40 yards is my maximum range. CB
#8
RE: What Size Shot Do You Use?
I've always used 6 because i was taught by my father that more hits are better, althought the 4's might pack a little more punch downrange i like have more chances to hit that head and neck. Turkey don't seem particularly tough if you hit them in the right spot so i would rather have more chances to hit that spot then more punch when it got there. I've killed a bird at 51 yards before with 6s (due to some poor range estimation in some open woods on my part, not a shot i would recommend) so i think their power is adequate at range. Really kind of a personal preference i suppose, also depends on what the gun likes.