Repro Parker Bros brass shot shells

[Josey Flynn]

Thank you for the info Jay, I will be using 9 gauge cards and wads. I will also pick up some Duco cement and give it a try.

[Bill Murphy]

I would love to use wax if it came in a squeeze tube, but Duco is a better alternative since it does come in a squeeze tube. I don't think either are dangerous.

[Josey Flynn]

Sounds good bill, I have a ton of paraffin wax at the house, my Me'Maw quit canning and I took it off her hands. I figured it would be a good way to use it for something other than removing duck feathers and saltwater sealing shells. I will be trying a few different methods Duco being one of them.

[Matt Buckley]

I have had issues with the Duco Cement letting go from the brass. I have had the best success with a hot glue gun. I load up some pretty heavy 1 3/4oz loads for turkeys and there is some recoil so I like to make sure my second load stays together and I have not had any problems with using hot glue. I have some of these Track 2 5/8" 10 gauge shells I have reloaded 4-5 times and they expand a little but still fit nicely in my lifter. I think you are fine if they are being used in the same gun.

[Josey Flynn]

Matt, what kind of range are you seeing out of your turkey loads? what is the barrel length and chokes? also what shot size are you using. I'm used to hunting turkeys with a 3" 12ga with 1 3/4oz of #5 shot and very tight turkey choke. The reason I ask is I have been struggling a bit this year not having the confidence to shoot at longer ranges, I have been hunting with a DH12 with 30" full chokes and 2 3/4-1 1/2oz #5s. I am wanting to load some 10 gauge loads and hoping to get a little more range. I am hunting the mountains of central Va and it is not an easy task to get a mtn Tom to venture closer once he's settled on a ridge to strut. I have had them hang up at 40 yrds multiple times this year and haven't been able to pull the trigger.

[J. A. EARLY]

Josey,

Buy or load some Tungsten 18g/cc 9s in the 12 with 1 1/4 ounces of shot and the 12 will turn into a 45 to 50 yard plus gun easily. The load has 453 pellets and has more energy per pellet than a number 5 at that distance. The same load in number 5 lead has only 217 pellets. The load I am using is 1300 fps and because the pellets are so small they do not lose their velocity at longer ranges as larger lead pellets do. And because the Tungsten Super Shot loads are double shot-cupped and with buffer, I have never had any barrel scoring. The 2 3/4" 20 gauge loads of one ounce 9s more than double the amount of shot in a turkey target at forty yards as compared to a 3" 1 1/4 ounce lead load in the same 20. I have shot lots of targets in the last two years with it (and a few turkeys) and I would never go back to lead or even Hevi-shot (12g/cc). Just my 2 cents.

https://www.tungstensupershots.com/viewtopic.php?t=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQUmeHZvrIQ

[Josey Flynn]

Thanks for the info Jerry, I will read up on it, Looks like it would be a good load for ducks as well.

[J. A. EARLY]

I am sure it would be great on ducks. But at over $3 an ounce not counting the other odd-ball components the loads call for, and I would think an ounce or less would be more than sufficient, it would get pretty pricey.

Plus shooting at the body of a bird would present a problem with TSS buried deep into the cavity, making one hesitant to take a bite for fear of breaking one's teeth. I posted a thread over a year ago about making a trap to recover your test shots (idea and info on the TSS site). This year from the 1.25 ounce loads I would recover about 1.125 ounces of the undamaged TSS and from the one ounce 20 gauge loads nearly the whole amount in the steel backed trap.

[Matt Buckley]

I shoot my brass 1 3/4oz turkey loads out of a 32" twist steel 10 gauge lifter. It is choked full and full and the load patterns very nicely out to 30-35 yards. It opens up a little more at 40 yards than I would like but would probably still kill a turkey if I make a good shot. I have thought about loading the TSS out of the brass shells but I have been told it is not recommended in the older twist and damascus barrels. I have some loaded up in Fiocchi 12 gauge hulls in 1 5/8oz I'm using this turkey season out of a 12 Trojan. The patterns with #9 are excellent at 40 yards. I just don't feel comfortable shooting at them a lot farther out but they may kill a turkey farther than that if I do my job putting the pattern where it needs to be.

[charlie cleveland]

the tss shot willput your pattern out to 10 yards farther than anything you have patterned before...i shoot a lot ofdifferant guns at up to 70 long steps with the tss shot it is hands down the best shot load to choose from...but it is expensive ...charlie