Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting Let's see those magic fAiry dust patterns.

You stole it all right. Good catch!

You did steal it.

This is my third BPS. I've owned a 90s vintage unengaved Stalker in 3" 12g, and a early 12g 3 1/2" engraved Stalker. This is the only BPS I own right now. They're really nice guns. This one is a little tight right now.

I had wanted a new manufacture Ithaca M37 in 20 gauge. It's my favorite pump shotgun. But I spoke to Ithaca a couple of days ago and they had no time frame on building 20s. And soince I have 3 M37s and no BPSs, I went with the BPS.

Very nice gun !!!

Just don't EVER disassemble the receiver !!!!! That bottom eject mechanism is..........well.........just don't do it. I have a second year production Stalker 10 gauge. I got the bright idea to tear the internals all down to clean and lube them. Closest I've come to crying in the last 40 years. If there's a secret to it....... I didn't find it.

But the BPS is a great gun and durable as all get out.

The BPS is a breeze compared to the M37s. Those are doable, but not without some creative language.

I've noticed BPS doesn't hold the used value like any 870, but that's because the masses don't know how well those BPS steel part guns are made.

Good score LFC.

Good to know who to call if I ever have to take it apart again.

First shotgun I ever made into a dedicated turkey gun was a BPS.

Back in the 1980s I had a full custom BPS by Tom Choke in Louisiana....shot okay but never as good as the SBE.

I guess you guys never heard of Tom Choke or Bansner turkey guns ?

Is Bansner the same guy that makes the incredibly fine rifles? If so, those must be pretty nice! I've not heard of Tom Choke, but sometimes I just don't pay attention. The SBE's I've used were great shotguns, I just always feel the need to try something else and rotate stock to try new to me stuff.

Same guy.....not sure why he stopped doing turkey guns.

I only owned one and had an acquaintance that owned one neither shot very good might be why he stopped making them.

No, but I have sent guns to Rob Roberts, now I do my own.

Not much to do when you roll a 5 or 600 plus pellets out the barrel....

Thats one of the points I was making earlier when you had your head up your own azz.

Any choke will shoot good patterns with a pile of fAiry dust sized shot....not so with the bigger shot.

I think you are the one with your head up your butt.
If you actually shot something other than your mouth off, you would know that TSS is no different an any other type of shot. You still have to find the right choke to work with the shell.

From what I hear choking isn't that critical with the dust.

Back when I set up that first BPS, the gunsmith helping me out was as excited about it as I was. There wasn't a whole lot of turkey hunting anything back then and setting up something just for turkey was pretty new. There was absolutely nothing on the rack specialized for this like there is now. We cut down the barrel and threaded it for tubes, I forget whose system, mounted a platform for the AimPoint I had, re-finished the glossy to a matte black, used steel wool to nock the sheen off the wood... ended up with a really nice turkey gun. But, me being me, after a couple years, something else caught my eye, or imagination, and down the road it went to fund the new thing. Don't even remember anymore what it was! Lol! Now that dedicated turkey hunting stuff is available, I'll assemble what I can do myself. I enjoy it...

If you don't care about your pattern, it is not critical, I care and know what I want my pattern to be, so I shoot and change chokes, work the barrel over, get the trigger where I want it (lb wise) drill and tap for a red dot, etc. until I get my gun exactly the way I want it.
I have lathes and a mill and know how to use them in order get what I want.
After sending a gun to Rob Roberts and having it come back and not meet what he said it would do, I figured I would do it myself.

Well ain't you special.

Yes I am

First hand experience beats guessing every time

Call it a "guess" if you like.

I'm just going on what people told me about their fAiry dust experiences combined with what I saw posted on the internet about the various chokes people shoot and pictures of their hummingbird patterns....

I came to the conclusion that choking is not as critical with TSS as it is with larger lead shot......

Maybe your first hand fAiry dust experience has shown you different....we love to hear about it.