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What do you use?

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Either Hevi-Shot Magnum Blends or Hevi-13 #5.


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12--- 6's
20--- 7's


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Mostly 5's. Used a Longbeard in 6 shot to take a bird this year. Although I know it's all about the pattern of your shotgun, I just cannot get used to the small shot thing. I'd use 4's if I could the gun to pattern them good enough.

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#7 Federal Heavyweight for the last 5 years. Winchester #5 before that.


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Mostly 5's, but have killed them w/ 2's, 4's 6 's & 7 1/2's.. Never could find the #7 Fed heavyweight for my 20 ga.


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20ga #5 Hevi-shot
12ga #6 Hevi-shot

The only reason is they way they pattern.


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I use #5 shot, but three things are more important than shot size:
1. a dense pattern
2. limiting your shots to a range that will kill the turkey.
3. maintaining your composure during the shot.

Many hunters make the mistake of thinking their shotgun will do the same thing under field conditions as it does under range conditions. But under range conditions, you have a measured yardage (as opposed to a field judgment), a clear shot to the target (as opposed to the possibility of unseen saplings being in the way), and a completely relaxed shot (as opposed to the nervousness of shooting at a live target).

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I used #4's this year for my gobbler. I've killed them with 4's, 5's,6's and duplex loads of 4x6. They all work. But it seems I go back to 4's most times. I shoot my old Remington 870 2 3/4" 12 guage. It has a 30" barrel. I bought it back in 1970 with money earned by delivering newspapers after school.

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19g/cc #9.5 aka Turkey Kryptonite



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#6 winchester supreme turkey.

tried federal, remington, remington
duplex, regular remington high brass


of course, each gun patterns different and
to get the optimum you have to burn lots of
shells and experiment. i also cut a long
forcing cone on my guns. all the newer ones
already have it i think, or are backbored.
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Originally Posted by Sakoluvr
#7 Federal Heavyweight for the last 5 years.


Dittos.

For both 12 and 20 GA.; Federal HW #7s. Better retained velocity and kinetic energy downrange than lead #5', which is what I always had used previously.

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Originally Posted by Reloader7RM
19g/cc #9.5 aka Turkey Kryptonite


Ditto. Started with #7s in a 12ga, then #8s, then #9s. Went to a 20ga with the #9s and now at #9.5s. About to step to the 28ga and try to complete my slam with the #9.5s. Nothing like hand rolling your own loads.


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Used 4's or 25 or so years in 3" 12 gauge. Now it's Federal Heavyweight 7's in the 20 gauge.


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I been using #2 but seems more 4 and 5 shot guys....

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I think I've used about every shot size from OO buck up to 7 1/2 and they'll all kill a gobbler.

My favorite used to be 3" Federal 6s in 12ga. Then I discovered 3" Hevishot 4s which were dynamite, and should have been at $3 a round. Used 2 3/4 Remington pheasant loads with 7 1/2s for a bit, patterned great out of my old gun.

This year the Mrs has her gun loaded with Fiocchi Golden Pheasant 3" 1 5/8oz nickel plated 6s and I used 2oz of Bismuth 4s out of my SP10 on my first bird of the season. I will probably try for the next one with one of my Browning double autos and a pheasant load left over from December. That'll probably mean a 1 1/4oz load of 6s as I think that's what I have left.

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