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Man, what would you do without me and Yoder? LOL.

Him sucking his glock has nothing to do with sex....

You are a violent little man. WHAT are they putting in the water in Memphis these days?

This was the original post. What does any of this have to do with that?

Okay. But 5 turkeys in one day is overkill. And "more than 30" in one year is downright abusive, if that occrred at all.
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If you can post a link to the information you posted on behalf of LFC, that would appreciated.

Do I look little to you ?

ya'll meet for a beer. Be interesting to see if any one of you would talk to each other this way when you have the chance to get your teeth knocked out. I'm guessing not.
Other wise STFU. Nothing worse than keyboard cowards, and this place stinks of them.

Back to 2 3/4" rounds:

Go into the woods with shell loops full of these and you can hunt any small game, birds or turkey. A 2 3/4" shell with a healthy load of #6 at a high velocity is as versatile a shot shell as there is. Never knew a 3 1/2 inch was necessary when I was hunting with my New Haven 600 with a C-lect choke back in the late 70s and 80s.

Lotta truth to this.

But, I think I'd go a little more payload in a 12 gauge and a little less velocity. Standard, non-plated lead deforms pretty badly on launch. The faster you drive it, the worse it deforms. The worse it deforms.......the more flyers you'll get and the worse your pattern density becomes. For all reasonable turkey shooting distances, it doesn't make a bit of difference (penetration-wise) whether the shot started at 1330 fps or 1100 fps. But it most likely WILL matter in your pattern.

Pattern density is EVERYTHING. Know what you're working with...........know where your limits are....

Lotta truth to this.

But, I think I'd go a little more payload in a 12 gauge and a little less velocity. Standard, non-plated lead deforms pretty badly on launch. The faster you drive it, the worse it deforms. The worse it deforms.......the more flyers you'll get and the worse your pattern density becomes. For all reasonable turkey shooting distances, it doesn't make a bit of difference (penetration-wise) whether the shot started at 1330 fps or 1100 fps. But it most likely WILL matter in your pattern.

If you're talking 12 gauge 2 3/4" you won't find a better performing lead shotshell than the Winchester Longbeard XR. I know it comes in #5 shot. Not sure about other sizes. But the limited payload you are dealing with in a 2 3/4" shell begs for finer shot. #5's as the biggest............. #6's even better.

To wring the absolute MOST performance out of a 2 3/4" shell, TSS shot is it. It'll also wring the most money outta your wallet. But it IS the schizz. Not sure who all loads TSS in a 2 3/4" 12 gauge. Apex does........ Federal (as of now) doesn't.