EARLY BIRD WITH 1883 E

[KCordell]

Wow! Congratulations and nice turkey! I can't wait to go myself. I am going to try your load. Did you roll crimp it?

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by KCordell

Wow! Congratulations and nice turkey! I can't wait to go myself. I am going to try your load. Did you roll crimp it?

6 point crimp in Remington black letter hull. It's in the Sherman Bell 10 gauge loads floating around. I like 1.5 ounces. But it is kind of slow.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

I like 1.5 ounces. But it is kind of slow.

At a stationary target velocity shouldn't matter at all. 1.5 oz. of #6 shot should deliver a dense charge at 40 yards - 1 pellet per 2 sq. in. or better at the center of the pattern by my figures - and even denser at closer yardages. NICE!!

[J. A. EARLY]

Dean,

It may just be me, but I always want to kill game stone dead. When you hit them with slow moving loads it kills them no doubt due to the number of hits. But they flop around, and to me that is an agonizing death. Maybe just death throes, and maybe already dead, but I don't like it.

When I hit them with the high velocity stuff, especially hevi-shot at high speeds, they do not move. I've gotten soft in my old age but I hate wringing necks of game birds to put them out of their misery. I've seen friends quit hunting in their older age because they did not want to kill any more animals, and am now getting somewhat in that category. I thought about this bird I killed yesterday. He had a nice harem, and was living a great life until the sixes hit him in the head. Just like to kill them like they do on the tv commercials advertising tight choke tubes. Dead as a doornail with no movement.

I probably should back up to a lighter load for these desired results.