turkey season

[charlie cleveland]

i can barely believe its been a year since i put up my guns for turkey season and now its time to get them out again...all of my hunting will be from blinds this year for some reason these old legs just do not want to go but thats all right i got a good side by side my boy bought me..ha my first gun out will a parker 8 ga hammer gun 32 inch barrels use to be 34 inch...my shells will be gamebore black powder loads in 3 1/4 inch and 2 ounce of no 3 shot but will probably use a loading of my own makeings in the right barrel of remington 3 1/4 inch long hulls with 2 1/2 ounce ofno 6 shot....this is a smokeless gotten from tom arbrusts book....what are some of the loads and guns you other fellows will be useing... charlie

[Jerry Harlow]

Charlie I am starting to experiment with Tungsten Super Shot. I will be using number 9s in a 2 3/4" 1.25 ounce 12 gauge load. This is supposed to kill turkeys 50 yards or more due to the tungsten shot which is so hard and heavy compared to lead and much more than Hevi-shot. I have loaded these up and the tungsten is in a wad with shot protector wraps inside the wad.

At $47 for a pound I've got to make a shot trap to save the shot on the targets I try. So one ounce is $3. I'm trying to turn these old 2 3/4" guns into the equal of modern 3.5" magnums. They are killing turkeys at 40+ yards with .410 guns. If it works well in 12 I'll be going next to one ounce in 20 to turn them into the same. I'll let you know if it is a success or a failure.

https://www.tungstensupershots.com/

[charlie cleveland]

j a i sure hope this turns out to be a good load...can you imagine a 3 1/2 inch load in a 2 3/4 inch shell....it will set the hunting world anew....good luck....just weighed my lighest 8 ga that i m hunting with 12 1/2 lbs 2shells in her and she will weigh 13 lbs....i cannot really handle this gun like i use to but gona try....your new load sounds good to me....charlie

[Jerry Harlow]

Pretty little things, aren't they? A 3 1/2" ten or one of your 8's make this look like a toy gun shell. $4 worth of shot in each of these #9 loads.

[charlie cleveland]

those really look good especially theroll crimping...i still have trouble sometimes getting the crimp even....it s hard to believe you can now stuff 4 bucks in a shell...my dad bought me some costly 10 ga for turkey one year i will have to admit they will shoot a closer pattern than normal shells...worth the extra money when we only shoot a few of them each year...charlie

[Todd Poer]

Man that does sound like an interesting experiment. Intrigued at what you find.

I don't know anything about tungsten in loads, but I find it hard to believe #9 shot of anything approaching 50 yards isn't loosing its oomph. You may give old Tom a hell of a rash, but breaking a vertebrae, I don't know. Maybe need to make up some ballistic gel and see how it penetrates.

[Jerry Harlow]

Man that does sound like an interesting experiment. Intrigued at what you find.

I don't know anything about tungsten in loads, but I find it hard to believe #9 shot of anything approaching 50 yards isn't loosing its oomph. You may give old Tom a hell of a rash, but breaking a vertebrae, I don't know. Maybe need to make up some ballistic gel and see how it penetrates.

Just go to the link I provided if you are not a believer. Also look at this link far below. The #9 Tungsten Super shot has the same 1.5 inch penetration into gel at 70.7 yards as the #5 lead has at 57.4 yards. https://www.tungstensupershots.com/

In a 1.5 ounce load of Tungsten Super Shot #9 there are 536 pellets. In the 1.5 ounce load of #5 lead there are 260 pellets. I think it will be more than a rash and it has proven itself.

http://www.trapshooters.com/threads/the-difference-in-shot-ballistics-with-different-shot-densities.267784/

[charlie cleveland]

waiting on your test results i believe you are on to a new turkey load...charlie

[Todd Poer]

I did not see link before, and if its true that is just amazing. Like I said I don't know much about tungsten. BTw what chokes do they recommend for shooting tungsten.

[Jerry Harlow]

Same chokes but as with any gun you need to pattern. But at the cost of this shot, a shot trap will pay for itself quickly. Examples are on the TSS website.