What is your favorite turkey load?
03-13-2010, 03:05 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 650
I got a new Mossberg 535 this year and I've shot some Winchester 3 1/2" 5's and 6's with less-than-desired results at 40 yards. I can kill at that range, but I was hoping for more. I tried some 3 1/2" Rem Nitro #4's today with a little better pattern (especially considering the larger pellets). The real kicker is that I tried some 2 3/4 Nitro 4's that my little neice will be using during youth season. The shot pattern is much tighter at 35 yards than the 3 1/2 shells! The pattern isn't nearly as dense due to less shot, but I am seriously considering using them instead of my monster loads.
I will probably go ahead and drop the cash next season for a nice choke tube and try some of those $$$ loads that everybody brags about. But I'll stick with what I have this year since I just spent more than I could afford for the new scattergun. Every bird I've shot to date has been inside 45 yards, so I don't know why I even care, but it would be cool to say that I could put 10 #4's in a walnut at 50 yards! lol
rw
I will probably go ahead and drop the cash next season for a nice choke tube and try some of those $$$ loads that everybody brags about. But I'll stick with what I have this year since I just spent more than I could afford for the new scattergun. Every bird I've shot to date has been inside 45 yards, so I don't know why I even care, but it would be cool to say that I could put 10 #4's in a walnut at 50 yards! lol
rw
03-13-2010, 03:14 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,526
tealboy;
Nitro #7's
Hevi-13 2oz #6's
Winchester Xtended Range 1.75oz #6's
So far I am liking the Hevi-13 2oz #7's as well, but I haven't tested them enough to call them a favorite of anything.
hunt12ga; Even sticking with lead I honestly have no clue why anyone would shoot #4's at turkeys. Do you have a particular reason you shoot #4's?
Nitro #7's
Hevi-13 2oz #6's
Winchester Xtended Range 1.75oz #6's
So far I am liking the Hevi-13 2oz #7's as well, but I haven't tested them enough to call them a favorite of anything.
hunt12ga; Even sticking with lead I honestly have no clue why anyone would shoot #4's at turkeys. Do you have a particular reason you shoot #4's?
03-13-2010, 06:40 PM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 650
#4's are the only size I found in the Nitro's. Surprisingly though, they pattern better than the Winchester 3 1/2" 5's and 6's I shot.
All of my turkeys were shot with 6's except the last two years in which I used 5's. I've never had a gun that patterned well at all with 4's until my new 535. I would definitely use 5's or 6's in these shells if I could find them around here.
rw
All of my turkeys were shot with 6's except the last two years in which I used 5's. I've never had a gun that patterned well at all with 4's until my new 535. I would definitely use 5's or 6's in these shells if I could find them around here.
rw
03-13-2010, 07:48 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
Originally Posted by tealboy
I am limited to 3 inch but wondering what you folks are shooting
Also, one of THE most notable and famous offerings in the Hevi-13 loads is their 3", 2oz, #5
I've recently picked up several boxes of their latest offering, the new Magnum Blends which is a 3", 2oz load of that combines #5, #6, #7.... that should make a Toms head look like a strainer out to 50-60 yards!!!
03-14-2010, 09:35 AM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,526
Originally Posted by hunt12ga
#4's are the only size I found in the Nitro's. Surprisingly though, they pattern better than the Winchester 3 1/2" 5's and 6's I shot.
Are you saying you couldn't find Nitro's in any other size than #4's or Remington Nitro's?
