Win new turkey loads
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 491
I took a box of the xtended range 3 inch number 5 and a box of the new longbeards 3 inch number 5's to a field this weekend to see how they stacked up. I usually never take 40 yard shots but thats where I compared them. Using a turkey target both loads would of easily of killed the bird. But the hit count using the longbirds were consistently much higher then the xtended range. I was impressed to say the least. I spent months last year trying to track down some xtended range shells since winchester was discontinuing them. I do think winchester has made a very decent replacement product for them tho.
#13
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pa
Posts: 4,647
yea they definitely put a lot more pellets on target than traditional lead turkey loads but I hope that people don't for get there still lead turkey loads and I hope we still try to keep our shots 50 yards and under...
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 491
I dont have a picture but they are called Longbeards. I thought the same thing about them being lead, I cant see somebody taking a 60 yard shot with them. I took a few 50 yard shots and my pellet count on turkey targets started to show wounded turkeys in the mix of dead ones. At 40 though my old shotgun loves them. I thought the xtended range shells were the best out there but these are pretty impressive.I wonder how much energy is in each pellet at 60 yards, tungsten vs lead.
#17
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 749
outdoor life did test in the winchester long beards vs standard winchester turkey shells in there Feb 2014 issue. at 70 yards they had 56 pellets of number 6 in a 10" circle. they where using a Mossberg 835 with xx full choke and 18" barrel. they had 1 3/4" penetration in the ballistic gel.
#18
outdoor life did test in the winchester long beards vs standard winchester turkey shells in there Feb 2014 issue. at 70 yards they had 56 pellets of number 6 in a 10" circle. they where using a Mossberg 835 with xx full choke and 18" barrel. they had 1 3/4" penetration in the ballistic gel.
#19
I've pulled all my Winchester supremes from my vest and replaced them with #4 Long Beards. They shoot excellent out of my 870 and Pure Gold .670 choke. Nearly twice the pellets in a 12" diameter circle at 40 yds. I agree they probably won't have the energy to consistently kill at 60 yds, but I'm not planning on taking that long of a shot anyways. I'm still going to shoot one more shell before the season comes in, at about 15 yds and see what it looks like. These are great shells.