While patterning in a new turkey load I forgot…

[Singapore_swing]

…how much they kick. I hope my arm grows back by weeks end.

 

[Fatcamp]

LOL. I'm considering a .410 and TSS.

 

[dtrkyman]

3.5 inch 12ga turkey loads are pure evil! 20ga and tss handloads for me.

 

[axeforce6]

I shot 10 while patterning mine. I shot it at several different yardages to verify everything. Then I shot my last three at 60 to see how consistent they were.

 

[doc holiday13]

LOL. I'm considering a .410 and TSS.

I moved to a 28 gauge a couple years back because 12g is too much for squirrel hunting. I took the 28 over the 410 because of higher payloads at basically the same price ammo. I can handload as much as 1.375oz of TSS in a 28g but that kind of defeats the purpose of recoil mitigation, so I dropped it to 1.25oz

A Carlson .505 turkey choke will easily wack turkeys out to 50yards, which generally where I hunt you can't see past that in the woods

 

[eamyrick]

I’ve killed my last 5 with a 20 gauge beretta o/u with Trulock Longbeard chokes. Can’t see going back to 12 gauge.

 

[WCB]

move down to a 20 Gauge...IMO ZERO reason to be shooting a 12 Gauge this day and age...also if you are already shooting a 20 Gauge and complaining about recoil...give up Turkey hunting.

 

[camelcluch]

I used a 410 last year with tss. Sat a bird down at 35 yards. I’ll be toting a 20 gauge with tss this year. Can’t really see using a 12 anymore.

 

[HbDane]

This reminds me when I was turkey hunting with my buddy. He had an old 12 gauge, wood stock no pad at the butt. I had a Winchester SX3 shooting turkey magnum loads, he was out of shells because of squirrels and such. I gave him a couple. First shot nearly tore his arm off. I believe that was the last time he used a shotgun

 

[Singapore_swing]

My “turkey gun” is a Barretta A300 12ga with that cheap/light black synthetic stock.
Didn’t even think about using a different gauge. I have a nice cirori 20 but it’s bit too new to take out into the woods. I baby that gun….for now….