turkey gun and loads

[charlie cleveland]

what would be your favorite turkey gun andload...minewould be for the moment the 8 ga and the load would be2 1/2 ounce of no 5 s lead...the the secound barrel will hold a load of 2 1/2 ounce of no 2 s in lead....charlie

[Dean Romig]

As always, my turkey load is twelve gauge with 1 1/8 oz. of #6 shot or ten gauge with 1 1/4 oz. of #6 shot. Seems to do the trick nicely out to thirty-five to forty yards with full choke barrels.





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[Mills Morrison]

Thinking about going over to the dark side and using modern ammo. Of course, I have a Hosford wall thickness gauge now and will stick to over 30 thousands mwt.

I plan to use no 4 in one barrel and no 6 in the other. I have a 12 gauge PH with crazy full chokes I plan to use mostly

[Jim Beilke]

My single shot 10ga Flintlock likes 120gr 2ff blackpowder with 2 .135 card wads over powder, 2oz. #6 nickle plated shot with 2 overshot cards. With jug choked barrel load is good to 40 yards.

[scott kittredge]

mine , 10 ga with 1 1/2 oz 6's 3 frame with .035 choke in both barrels. can't wait :corn:

[Mike Franzen]

10 gauge hammer gun choked deadly and deadlier. Favorite load is 4 drams black powder and 1 5/8oz '#5 shot stuffed down a brass hull. Kills out to 60 yards.

[CraigThompson]

10 gauge 1 1/2 ounce #4 with a SP-10 wad above 30 grains SR7625 and set off with a CCI 209M .

[Jerry Harlow]

10 GA GRADE 0 LIFTER, N GRADE, 2 NHs.

[Jim Wescott]

12gauge brass hull with 3/4 oz of nickel 5s topped by 1/2 oz of copper plated 6s pushed by 3 1/8 dram FF Goex BP. Two 12 gauge Ox Yoke wads over powder, two 11 gauge Circle Fly over shot wads, sealed with wax, then coated with Elmers glue. Out to 30 yards.....winner, winner, turkey dinner!

[Dean Romig]

Jim, that load sounds like a good one out to 40... what are your chokes?





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[Jim Wescott]

Hey Dean, the gun pictured, an 1882 top lever with Laminated steel barrels, was in 1889 and choked "close" right barrel, cylinder in left. I'm the proud caretaker of Mike Franzen "Space Age" underlifter which patterns well at 35 yards, hoping to work up a load that will shoot 40+ making it my field artillery weapon��

[Jim Wescott]

Should read "rebarrelled in 1891 due to burst, choked RH close, LH cylinder". This is according to the Parker Gun letter. Purchase price $55.00 in 1882, new Twist barrels $27.50 in 1891. It now sports laminated barrels and has seen many campaigns.....so something else may have happened. One can drop an entire choke gauge into the right barrel so it may be "close". Still has wicked pattern at 30 yards. Left barrel loves nickel 7s but is rarely employed as after the smoke clears from the right barrel the fate of the quarry has been sealed:D