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Well said...I think I will try 4 shot next time out....the 2 might not be a dense enough pattern in 2 3/4

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Well said...I think I will try 4 shot next time out....the 2 might not be a dense enough pattern in 2 3/4

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Someone school me on the shot sizes smaller than 6 for turkeys - what are the advantages?

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If using heavier than lead you get more pellets on target that out penetrate lead.


Federal heavyweight 7's from my 20 gauge will hit about like a lead #4 but have a much greater pattern.


I shot a bird a couple years ago at 52yd with Hevi13 #7's and had pellets break the near humerus and femur along with cleanly shooting through the brain and spine. The turkeys and coyotes I've shot with HTL 7's have been absolutely smashed.


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So lead #7's might not be a good idea? I like the idea of more pellets and better patterns.

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12 gauge 3" Federal Premium copper-clad, buffered #4

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Originally Posted by BruinPoint
So lead #7's might not be a good idea? I like the idea of more pellets and better patterns.



I would probably pass on the 7's lead.


A pattern from my 20 gauge with Fed 7's:


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20ga 3" 1-1/2oz Federal Heavy Weigh 7s.
After one pattern board with these I put the 12ga away.


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Originally Posted by BruinPoint
Someone school me on the shot sizes smaller than 6 for turkeys - what are the advantages?


It just happens to pattern better in some of my guns. Hard plated shot gives plenty of penetration. Head and neck shots catch more pellets with smaller shot size so more hits in the vertebra and skull are probable.


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I hunted with a 3 1/2 4,5,7 magblend the first year I turkey hunted as it had the best, most dense pattern.
Now as stated earlier in post I hunt with a 20gauge and 19g/cc from reloaded that will eats the heavy shots lunch on paper or the field. It’s amazing if you never used tss to see what the smaller shot size is capable off.


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1.5 oz of #9 /2 TSS in a 28 gauge


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6’s in Heavy Shot, 5’s in lead.
Both in 3” shells.


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In the 10 ga plain old #4 copper plated lead 2 1/4 oz. Rem of Fed. They generally don''t flop. But last one was Win #5 2 1/4. At 48 steps he flopped a bit but was dead just the same.


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#5's work great for me.


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Years ago, before I figured out more about shot density, pattern, and ballistics, I’d shoot some 4s and 5s. For the last 10 years, nothing but 6s and mostly smaller, usually in varying other than lead compositions. I find zero need/practical use for larger shot sizes on turkeys to as far as anyone needs to shoot at one, 12 or 20. I’ve killed them to 50yards (in a pinch on someone else’s cripple) with a 20ga and 6 or 7s. It’s way more about holding a pattern density together, than needing more energy or penetration than any >6 shot. It doesn’t take much to brain pan or break a neck on a turkey. I’ve killed birds with a lot of OTHER PEOPLE’S 4s and 5s in their breasts and legs, though.

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I use number 5 hard shot,1 5/8 oz.in 2 3/4 12 gauge.

Shot well out of all the shotguns they were tried in.
I did kill a wild chicken at 80 yards on the wing and a friend killed 2 turkeys with his Winchester 97 12 gauge with 1 shot,full choke.

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