Patterning for Turkeys

[charlie cleveland]

that 16 will put a turkey on the ground for sure.. try some no 2 shot in the 10 sand the 12 and see which one patterns the best..most of the time the bigger bore will handle the large shot better...my 3 inch lc smith longrange is a close shooting gun but the 10 parker will out pattern it with large shot...i use to use bb shot but we can no longer use anything any bigger than 2 s... i like no 4 s in the right barrel and no 2 s for the left barrelin the 8 and 10 ga guns and i like 6 s and 4 s in the12ga most of the time... i got to do a little patterning myself in a few days... i hope i got enough old dr pepper cans to go around..rick may have to go buy some and drink them and send mills and me the cans... charlie

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

.rick may have to go buy some and drink them and send mills and me the cans... charlie

[Jim P.]

Here are some pictures of the pattern from a 1903 VH 12 (full/full) at 40 yards using RST 2 1/2 #6 - and the result. Our season doesn't open until May3 in NH.

[10 bore]

Originally Posted by Jim Pasman

Here are some pictures of the pattern from a 1903 VH 12 (full/full) at 40 yards using RST 2 1/2 #6 - and the result. Our season doesn't open until May3 in NH.

WOW, at 40 yds, that's a tight core to your pattern, what weight load and fps are you shooting? scott