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

On top of patterning poorly, the ammo is filthy. Shooting it sends what looks like tiny confetti down range. The wad. Damn, that wad. That wad flies the whole 40 yards and whacks the target. Never seen a wad fly that far.

Not sure what I will do with the other tweo boxes I have. I'm glad it was cheap.

That TSS pattern I posted was shot with a new Benelli M2 I traded into a few weeks ago. I really like that gun but it has some issues:

On the plus side, it was reliable (but only put 10 or so rounds through it). It mounts perfectly for me. It comes up right where I want it every time. It's light and holding it up for a long time waiting for a perfect shot will be easy. It's easy to clean.

One the negative side, the trigger sucks. It's squishy. There's quite a bit of take up and it's hard top feel where it will let off. It's very much like a Glock Gen 5 trigger. And the safety has a pretty loud click. All of my Brownings have a positive, but relatively silent safety. Even pinching the Benelli safety and moving it results in a click. And of course, it kicks pretty good. I shot is side by side with my Winchester SX4 and there is a very noticable difference in recoil with the same loads. But I didn't have to flush the gas piston with non-chlorinated brake cleaner like I did with my Winchester, cuz the Benelli ain't got one. It was a breeze to clean.

I tested (one each) Golden Turkey #5 lead and Longbeard #6 in my now-departed Mossberg 590 12ga, and the LB was clearly better, thought the Fiocchi was usable. Not sure I ever drag my 725 out for turkeys, but maybe if I’m out while other stuff is in season.

In .410 and 20, Apex Ninja is the schizzle for certain. Thankfully, I bought mine before Bidenomics kicked in.