Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting Did a little shootin' with the craptastic Fiocchi Golden Turkeys, and other stuff, too

We had a cold front start moving through last night and it rained until about noon. It stopped and weather radar suggested it would be clearing up. High winds were expected to follow the front through. I got to the range after the rain, but just before the high winds. About an hour into shooting, the wind picked up, and I was having a hard time keeping the cardboard on the frame. But each shot was taken when wind was relatively low, and the cardboard and target were flat.


Laser verified 40 yards.




Through my new Benelli M2 3" 12 gauge with 24" barrel. I put a Carlson's TSS choke, .650, in it. I ran Fiocchi Golden Turkey #6 3" 1 3/4 oz loads through it. Here's the craptastic results:










I decided to see if they would do any better out of my Winchester SX4 3 1/2" 12 gauge with 24" barrel. I had my new Trulock Long Beard choke in it, .665. Here's how the Fiocchis did in that.










Disappointing.


So I switched out the Trulock for a Browning-brand XFull .685 choke. Just worse.