I AM INTERESTED IN THE HEVI13 3IN 6SHOT BUT ARE THEY REALLY THAT GOOD? CAN YOU REALLY SHOOT 50-60 YARDS AND STILL GET THE PENITRATION NEEDED TO KILL. I AM CURRENTLY SHOOTING A CUSTOM LOAD 3" 4\6 THAT HAS BROUGHT RESULTS BUT I AM ALWAYS LOOKING TO INCREASE THE ODDS IF POSSIBLE

Yes, provided you have a good pattern at that range it will reliably kill turkeys.

Hevi-13 #6 pellets that leave the barrel at over 1100 fps will have enough energy to kill a turkey at 60 yards. For that matter... regular hevi-shot #7s will also.

i am going tomorrow to pattern the #4s, I will let you know how they do.

I like the idea of letting them walk before takeing a shot that far. at that distance if you miss with you first shot, you got no chance at a follow up shot. being patient puts more birds in the pot than any high priced shells that say they can do what you can't.

That's good if it all works that way,we also know that the bird will hang up.I have shot them beforeat that range.The bird was coming in at a different angle than expected.I was running out of room in the blind and took the shot.

I read more and more about the so called 60 yard shot... 60 yards is a long way off... I just cant see those #6 hevi shot pellets having enough energy at 60 yards to get the job done... I might buy 50 yards, but 60... I wish someone could come on hear with some good concrete evidence that hevi13 #6 pellets had enough energy at 60 yards to ethicly kill turkey's...

They do, and will.

I wrote a long reply in another threadabout my experience wtih Hevi-13 and Nitro loads.

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=3357885&mpage=3&key=

I made a mistake and mis-estimated the range on a gobbler in a field edge.Itwas the first year using a scope and the bid obviously looked bigger at 1.75 X through that scope. I don't hunt fields much and estimating range is more difficult obviously. I killed him cleanly at 63 yards (laser-measured later) with the Nitro 4X5X7, 3.5", 2.25 oz load. He didn't even flop. Took another bird cleanly last seasonthat hung up at 49 yards.

That triplex load I'm shooting is mostly #7 shot. They will flat do the job. I think most folks are biased against using #7 shot because they equate it with light lead loads (7 1/2) used in upland game hunting. Number 7 hevishot is a completely different deal. You are hitting that birds head with so many pellets, that's one thing. They are obviously more dense and harder, so they don't flatten out like lead does and they carry more kinetic energy downrange (E = M X V2). They penetrate better than lead because of this (harder, denser, more energy, more pellets).

When I run out of the triplex loads I am switching to straight 7s. I am completely sold on it.