Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

Never turkey hunted and I have only 1 week this season. I'll be using my Remington 1100 with a turkey choke, size 4 shot I suppose. How many others here use a non- 3" magnum shotgun?

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

I'm using the 2" ............................Rage this year cougar.:D At least for a while.;)

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

Although my gun is a 3" it's a 20ga. It harvests Gobblers with "Authority". My load has 1¼oz of shot so your 2¾" 12ga will certainly get the job done as you load has 1½oz shot!

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

Just think about all the turkeys that werekilled before the 3" and 3 1/2" turkey loads got popular. They will do the job, but won't have the range as longer shells.

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

both me and my mom shoot 1100's i dont think it matters as long as your accurate with you gun, im shooting #5s out of it and i always have(unless i had hevis) i have killed 10-11 birds and my mom 16-17

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

I use them. If you look at the ballistics, they are as fast or faster than most 3" loads. If your gun patterns them well, they will kill turkeys at any range that a 3" load will.

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Who uses 2 3/4"? .......Girls????? Just Kidding I couldn't resist.:D

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

I've had very good results with the 2 3/4 loaded with 4X6 shot, as well as with 5's.

Bill

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

Range is not the problem with 2 3/4 inch shells. Because they contain a lighter amount of lead shot they impart just as much velocity to that shot as a 3 inch shell will to a heavier load. The drawback is that containing less pellets means that you will probably not get as dense a pattern from a 2 3/4 inch shell as you will from a 3 inch shell. The only real advantage of 3 or 3 1/2 inch shells is an increased number of pellets that also increase the likelyhood of one finding a lethal spot on a turkeys head or neck. But if a gun patterns well with 2 3/4 inch shells it has the potential to kill at an equal range.

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I shoot 3.5" inch shells cause they pattern better. a 2 3/4 pattern has a whole lotta holes in it....
Had to pattern the 2 3/4 cause my wife was trying to be nice and got me some shells for father's day... all I could say was... awww.... how cute.

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The first box of turkey loads I bought were 2 3/4" (Win. Supreme #4). You couldn't have made the gobblers any more dead with a 3" or 3.5" shell. Check your pattern and make your shots 40yds or less, and we'll see you smiling behind the fan of a nice longbeaard.

Good Luck this spring....

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

The dreaded 1100 with the 2 3/4". samething i use.
Here is a senario for ya. two hunters, one 1100 and one mossberg turkey edition. Two longbeards and 11 yards. But only one bird hgit the ground. mne with my 1100. the other guy didn't pattern his gun. he didn't realize his pattern would be that tight.
Any gun is sutible as long as you know your particlulars. max.distance, pattern. so on

RE: Who uses 2 3/4"?
 

my dad uses 2 3/4 and has for years no problem but knows what kind of pattern he gets using win #5's

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Hey i can kinda agree with you. My GIRLfriend uses that and she is twice the hunter that some are. I dont use 2 3/4" but for those who do theres nothing wrong with it. Its about getting the best pattern. There aint no competition when it comes to what "kicks" the hardest.

To answer the main question, I used it one time, but actually wasnt a turkey load. Just a basic Remington 2 3/4" game load. Knocked a turkey down at 25 yards with the good ol' NEF single shot 12ga. I wouldnt recommend that (game load) by any means, but just mentioning that it can do the trick.