The only fantasy is from those who haven’t shot TSS on game or the patterning board. Same chokes hold better patterns to at least 20 yards further than lead or steel. #8s and #9s kill game better than lead 4s/6s. While I’ve shot some ducks and geese with it, and had no issues with tiny pellets in the meat, there’s that ‘paranoia’.....and it’s expensive for volume shooting, so I stick with other stuff. For turkeys, there’s been no issue at all....to around 45 yards, the patterns are so tight that most everything is in the head or neck, and what HAS hit the body, didn’t stop in the body....wound tracks through exit. I’ve picked FAR more #4/5/6 lead out of turkey breasts over the years, than #7/8/9 TSS over the last 7-8 years.
If it ain’t for you, it ain’t for you......but it’s not because it doesn’t do what it’s billed for, in spades.
