Thought some of you guys might be interested in this.

The weather was about the worst to pattern in with swirling winds 20-30mph, but I figure I hunt in windy West Texas. So, I might as well pattern in it.

Benelli, M1 20ga with a 26" SUPER CLEAN barrel. I used a bore snake between each shot.

Load was 1oz of TSS #9 and 7/16oz #8.

First shot was thru a Carlson or Cabela's Super Full choke (.575 constriction) at 40 yards by rangefinder. 212 hits in a 10" circle



Second shot was thru a HS Strut Undertaker choke (.582 constriction) at 40 yard by a rangefinder. 271 hits in a 10" circle.



I wouldn't suggest these loads thru a 20ga for a kiddo. They are pretty sharp on kick compared to the 12ga loads I posted about the patterns last week. However, it looks like the 12ga will sit in the safe for turkeys and only come out as a back up!

Wish this stuff wasn't so expensive. Looks deadly for geese.

We did some testing of 1 1/4oz TSS #5 and #7 12ga 2 3/4" loads. These were shot thru an SBE with a factory mod choke.

125 pellets in a 30" circle with #5's at 40 yards:


119 pellets in a 30" circle with #5's at 50 yards:


107 pellets in a 30" circle with #5's at 60 yards:


220 pellets in a 30" circle with #7's at 40 yards:


For patterning percentages, there were only 125 pellets in the #5 load to start with.
40 yard pattern was 100%
50 yard pattern was 95%
60 yard pattern was 85%

235 pellets in the #7 load.
40 yard pattern was 94%

looks good russ!

you made any thunder-chicken hunts yet?

been seeing a chit load of birds, mostly hens & jakes. located a real nice gobbler last sat. evening thats been roosting in some big trees about 20 yds behind one of my plots. set up on him sunday a.m. with a few decoys in the plot. with some light slate churps we had a hen come to the plot, but the tom never budged! sat on 'em for a couple of hours but, had to cut the hunt short on account of easter church services. the toms on our placed have been locked up and totally non-vocal! probably gonna shoot up there dis sat. afternoon to make a sun. a.m. hunt.

good luck

We need to hit mudslinger up to build some turkey calls!

Sandman Slayer Slates & Cutt's Cluck & Purr Box

If you want a kickarse custom turkey call before Mudslinger can get us some, check out Lights Out calls. His freaking pot calls are the cat's meow!

http://www.lightsoutcalls.com/

what would be the best or easiest call for a FNG like me to use?


i did buy one of those primos turkey vest recently, it's gonna take a year before i figure out which pocket is for what. then it's gonna take another year to remember which pocket i put what in!

[quote="coondik"]what would be the best or easiest call for a FNG like me to use?=quote]

Simple box call would be best.