Favorite Turkey Loads

[gosmokeless]

Please post your favorite turkey load.

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[roundball]

Jug Choked .62cal Flint Smoothbore
80grns Goex 3F
.62cal Oxyoke wonderwad O/P
1+5/8oz #6's
Circle Fly O/S card

[BOBinIN]

Pedersoli 12 Ga. double barreled muzzleloading shotgun, choked: full/full.

90 Gr. Pyrodex RS
Wonder Wad, over powder
.10" card
1 3/8 Oz. #6 shot
Over shot card

Consistantly prints between 75 and 80 percent of the pellets into an 18" circle at 25 yards.

Although I've had this gun for many years and used it on squirrel and rabbit, this will be my first spring to take it turkey hunting. If I can draw the bird to within 30 yards, he's mine... Good luck to all, BOBinIN

[ozark]

Mossberg 500 20 gauge with HS Strutt Turkey choke and 3" shells with 1 1/2 ounce of No. 4 shot. Took a big tom at 40 yards this year but that is about the maximum distance this load should be fired. I believed it to be around 35 yards when I shot but the rangefinder showed me how easy it is to be fooled on range guessing after the event.

[art338wm]

<>Remington 870 12 gauge 3.5" Supermagnum
<>24" vent ribed factory barrel with a set of 100% steel Tru-Glo aftermarket fiber optic sites windage and elevation adjustable
<>Remington Heavy Shot Choke
<>Boydes after market lamiated stock and forearm. Adds class to an other wise dull firearm.
<>Winchester Supeme Xtended Range HI-Density Turkey Loads 2oz load of #5 shot.

I have tested this combo, especially the shells, extensively and the performance of the new Winchester Turkey shells is nothing short of awesome. Thay truely come into their own at distances beyond 40 yards. Ive also tested it on five turkeys so far, with equally impressive results. Every singlr bird I have shot so far at ranges out to fifty yards (distance LRF confm b4 shot) were litterally DRT. Save for a few minor wing shudders, none of them moved away so much as an inch once knocked down. These shells kill them like turning off a light switch. They are pricy though.

I dont know how anyone else feels, but nothing else I have EVER shot kicks as hard or hurts as much as these magnum turkey loads. I say this owning a .338wm, .300wm, .7mm STW, 12ga magnum slug guns, and magnum MLs. None equal in my experience the kick of magnum turkey loads.

[ma]

Browning Gold 3" fully camoed with Mossy Oak Obession topped with Nikon 2x20 EER scope.

Primos Jelly Head Choke tube.

Nitro Ammunition Co. Hevi Shot triplex loaded with 4x5x7 shot sizes.

Awesome setup. No flopping here!

[wilmsmeyer]

art338,

I agree 100% about the recoil of these turkey loads. NOTHING kicks sharper and harder....not even my Savage ML loaded with the things I shoot out of it. Not even close. It's almost impossible to shoot these from a sandbag rest....and don't ever trap your shoulder between a tree and your buttstock while firing. Just don't.

[IndianaHunter]

Winchester SX-2
Mad Hevi-shot choke tube
Federal Hevi-shot #6's

[ma]

Got to pattern Nitro Ammunitions 4x5x7 hevi shot load yesterday.

Shot 3 targets with a CLEAN bore to check pellet counts. Results at 40 yds on a 9" paper pie plate were 189 pellets on 1st shot, then swab bore with clean rag and 2nd shot put 181 pellets on plate, swabbed and on 3rd and last shot put 201 pellets in plate.

WOW! Was worth nearly 7 bucks a shot, I killed all 3 plates with zero flopping and tracking!

[ozark]

Savage Shooter, I have been considering these Nitro shells for my 20 gage. The expense is one factor but there are others. Since there are three shot sizes in one load I am concerned about number of pellets that have the velocity and penetration to kill the bird. Obviously the No. 7 shot would have many more pellets per ounce of weight. If the No. 7 shot have the penetration to anchor the bird at say 45 yards then why load with the 4s and 5s? If they don't have the required killing power, then why use them? I contacted them and their recommendations were the 4-5-7 Hevi shot with a Rhino 575 choke. Maybe there are reasons for that choke being superior HS Strut that I have. But I still have some reservations about ordering both. Part of my reluctance is that what I have is pretty darn good. But I will probably order anyway. I am a sucker for such things.

[ma]

ozark said:

Savage Shooter, I have been considering these Nitro shells for my 20 gage. The expense is one factor but there are others. Since there are three shot sizes in one load I am concerned about number of pellets that have the velocity and penetration to kill the bird. Obviously the No. 7 shot would have many more pellets per ounce of weight. If the No. 7 shot have the penetration to anchor the bird at say 45 yards then why load with the 4s and 5s? If they don't have the required killing power, then why use them? I contacted them and their recommendations were the 4-5-7 Hevi shot with a Rhino 575 choke. Maybe there are reasons for that choke being superior HS Strut that I have. But I still have some reservations about ordering both. Part of my reluctance is that what I have is pretty darn good. But I will probably order anyway. I am a sucker for such things.

You will not be disappointed. Pattern density and killing range WILL increase.

[redpep]

White Tominator with a .665 extended choke, 100 grns T-7ff, BP pink 2 1/2" shot cup with 2 1/4 oz of #5's, 1/4" felt over shot wad.

Gun is topped off witha Bushnell Reddot

[ozark]

I have a specific question that is highly important to all people shooting shotguns that I really ask readers to respond to: Hevi shot is with us and available to all. IS IT DANGEROUS TO THE SHOOTER OR THE SHOTGUN TO SHOOT THESE HEVI SHOT THROUGH CHOKES NOT DESIGNED FOR THEIR USE?

[ma]

ozark said:

I have a specific question that is highly important to all people shooting shotguns that I really ask readers to respond to: Hevi shot is with us and available to all. IS IT DANGEROUS TO THE SHOOTER OR THE SHOTGUN TO SHOOT THESE HEVI SHOT THROUGH CHOKES NOT DESIGNED FOR THEIR USE?

NO, not in modern shotguns,

HOWEVER, it can "wear" (cut grooves OR score) in barrels or chokes not designed for steel shot but it takes many shots. This will not be a problem unless your planning to kill a couple hundred turkeys a year for several years.

If any grooving or scoring does happen it will usually be in the choked area of barrel only.

[mike3132]

The wad protects the barrel until it hits the choke. Most chokes are designed to strip the wad from the shot. In a screw in choke system the choke is hard enough to with stand the hevi shot but Comp N Choke shows picture on their website of one of their chokes that was broken by hevi shot. There chokes are made for lead shot only and are thin and ported. That being said I shot hevi shot out of my factory Ulti-Full with great results and it says lead only. mike

[ozark]

This is precisely the info I needed. Now I have a variety of screw in chokes that I feel comfortable in shooting. Only one specifically for Hevi shot.
Here is my plan as soon as it warms a little.
1. Shoot one 9 Inch paper plate at 30 yards using a proven preforming load of No. 4s with the Undertaker extended choke.
2. Repeat with one shot each using Hevi shot in No. 4,5 and 6 shot.
3. Count the pellets and compare any open spaces to select the best target.
4. Next, I will Install a Undertaker choke designed for Hevi shot and fire one shot from each on a target. Again, I will count and compare.
Since my 20 ga. using No. 4 Supremes has out done a couple of 12s and taken a good bird at 40 yards, I predict that it will win this experiment. I hope it loses because then I will be the winner.
I believe if the Hevi shot proides a pattern equal to what I have then I will be better off with the heavier weight pellets. I will see provided the creek don't rise and the Good Lord is willing. Will post results.
Each shot will be fired through a clean but oilless barrel. Ben