10 ga Turkey Loads?
 

Gents,

Hoping to get out this spring with my 10 ga DH and do a little turkey hunting. The old girl is fitted with 32" damascus barrels that are choked .31/.32. I have ask one of the gentlemen on this board to cook up some ammo but I need to give him a little direction. Does anyone have a recipe that will be damascus friendly and effective on big Toms?

Thanks,

JDG

That's about mod/mod in a 10 ga. A dense pattern is key in turkey hunting so I would recommend #6 shot for whatever loads you use.

#10 shot?

Brain cramp...

...comes with age.

No. 6 shot.

First post edited.

Thanks, Dean. How heavy a load?

A standard 1 1/4 oz. load of #6 is a deadly head-shot load out to 35-40 yards.

hi, i've done some test with my 3 frame NH 32 in 10 with .035 choke and i found that 1 1/2 oz of 6# shot produced the best patterns in my gun. i was shooting 86%( 293 out of 340 at 40 yds) and at 30 yds it shot only a little better 94% 320 out of 340. 4's shot around 76% and would have killed him just as dead but i like hitting him with 25 in the head and neck instead of 6 or 8 with 4's. that is just the way my gun shoots this load. i use 209 win. primer , 34 grs of 4756, sp 10 wad,one .125 16 ga nitro card,10ga over card and roll crimp in a fed hull 2 7/8ths. i think it is around 7000 psi ,good luck and keep use posted:corn: scott

Scott, What are you getting for velocity out of that load ?? That is pretty much the same as the Sherman Bell #82 or 84 load, with Bell's load using a 5 star crimp. He lists the velocities at 1167 and 1157 f/s with 7000 and 7100 psi. Sounds like a good load with nice low pressure.

change the powder to SR7625 and drop it to 32gr and it goes to 1191 f/s and 7600psi, I may just load up a few of these seeing as I have lots of SR7625 and no SR4756.

I have this listing in another book:
2 7/8" 10ga with 28.5 grains of SR7625 1 1/2oz SP10 wad 1145 f/s and 7980 psi

Jay, I think that my 10 has .035-.040 choke. Yours should work just fine as long as you don't try to take really long shots. When does your season start ?

Why not just buy the 1 1/4 ounce of #6's that RST sells? They're plenty of medicine for anything with feathers.

DLH

Good point Destry. One box would set a guy up for patterning his gun and keep him in turkey hunting ammo for a few years to come, so cost isn't an issue. But, like catching trophy trout or salmon on one's own hand-tied flies some guys just like to go the whole route. To each his own - me, I don't reload but I do tie and know the satisfaction.