Not true wis, I talk with guys all the time that live handloading turkey guns as well as myself. #7 hevi will hit as hard or harder than #5 lead for a fact. We do penetration testing to prove loads. The thing with hevi is you have denser pellets that are harder than steel with less surface area. That leads to more penetration. Turkey killing is all about penetration plain and simple. #7 hevi will kill at 70 yards
At 60 yards the handloaded 7s will put more pellets in a 10 than most good patterning turkey guns will at 40 yards. A friend of mine is using tungsten 18 g/cc and t19g/cc pellets in #8 and #9 that hit like #4 and #3 lead and hold patterns over 100 at 70 yards
They penetrate far better than lead 4s
It's all about the denisity, hardness, and patterns for the ultimate turkey loads.
Ya'll have a good One,
Reloader7RM
