20 ga

[charlie cleveland]

would like to know every bodys opinion on the range of a 2 3/4 inch parker shotgun using 7 1/2 shot on turkey...i have shot these guns at my can targets and i believe the range to be 35 yards..what say ye fellows....i forgot to mention it is a 20 ga with full and modified chokes 28 inch barrel....charlie

[Double Play]

Charlie,
I'm not a die-hard turkey hunter but this beautiful Tom met his match with a load of 7/8 ounce #6 from a full choked 20gauge at 30 yards. I don't think I would go any smaller on the shot size beyond that range but that's just me.

[Dean Romig]

My opinion on that load Charlie is inside of thirty yards with the Full choke barrel. over thirty yards I would recommend #6 shot with a 7/8 oz. load, but I still wouldn't take a 40 yard shot with it. You want all the pattern density you can get for a target as small as the skull and neck of a turkey.





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[J. A. EARLY]

Charlie,

I'd use one ounce but I would try both 7 1/2 and 6 shot. You may find the 6s do as well as the smaller shot. One never knows unless you pattern it from the position you will shoot from.

Target attached.

Maybe 7 1/2 right for 25 yards and in, and 6s left for up to 30?

[Dean Romig]

I would say you need a minimum of 12 pellets in a Dr. Pepper can at thirty long paces.





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[birddogdoc]

You see pictures on other chat groups where guys kill turkeys with a 410...it depends on the distance of the bird. I've killed a couple with my 20 gauge with 6 shot and now 2 with my 16 gauge with 5 shot. The bird I got on Saturday took both barrels at 30 yrds. My 16 is is choked M/F. The full barrel at 30 yrds was the ticket.

[10 bore]

my grandson is 3 for 3 0n turkey with 20 ga full with 1 oz 6's. longest shot 35 yds ,all dead, 2 with parkers and 1 with Ithaca NID, This will be his last year as a junior hunter. ( where does the time go) Hope we will get his 4th bird this sat.
scott