Vintage shell pattern test

[charlie cleveland]

I too have some of those old 1 3/8 ounce loads and the 1 5/8 ounce loads these loads were top performers in their day...I ve shot hundreds of the old 1 5/8 ounce loads but the 1 3/8 ounce loads were before my time...now the 1 7/8 and the 2 ounce loads were my favorite loads for turkey for several years till the 3 1/2 inch shell in 12 ga came along...I ve used this shell up to this past year when the new tss no9s in the 3 1/2 inch shell came along with 2 1/2 ounce of shot..this is the best turkey shell ever fired....I still like the old paper and plastic shells.....charlie