Good friend gifted me a Mossberg .410 bolt gun after shoulder surgery so I could turkey hunt.
Two boxes (5 count each) of Fed TSS #9 turkey ammo cost me $60! 🤯
Won't be buying anymore of THAT stuff!
....but I CAN NOT find ANY .410 ammo in 3" #9's.
Impossible to locate. Plenty 2.5", but I want 3"! (It's my OFS! 🤫)
I'm 73 years old, but I'm bound and determined to kill a turkey with that .410!
Apex Ninja 9.5s pattern better in my Henry. Solid patterns to at least 40 yards with the Henry TSS tube (made by Briley). “Invest” a couple or three of those Federals in pattern testing. They might not hit where you expect.
First up were the 2.5" #9's. They patterned very well. Definitely do the job.
THEN......I begrudgingly sacrificed 2 of the Fed 3" TSS #9's!
Just as good a pattern.
The little gun has exterior choke tubes. One full, the other modified. I used the full.
All I need now is a bull turkey in .410 range! LOL!
Question:
Until I retired the 12 bore 870, I shot 1250fps or better, 12 gauge with 1 1/8 oz of #8's for turkeys. Planted more than one with a single shot.....out to right at 40 yards.
Had a gent on another sight get his panties ALL in a wad that the #8's were WAY too light for turkey.
I can think.of 20 to 25 bull gobblers that can attest that #8's are quite capable of the deed!
When I wrote about the TSS, he was all excited about the TSS being the "cat's meow"!
Out to about 25 yards, depending on pattern density, #9's, TSS or lead, will definitely do the job.
What say you?
