Magnum loads

[Double Lab]

Pete has hit the nail on the head. I have yet to find a bird (including turkeys, ducks and geese) that can't be cleanly killed with a 1 1/8oz. trap load of hard 7 1/2's. I know many will disagree but to me the real sport is to decoy the birds in to under 35yds. and with a wonderfully full choked Parker or Fox then center the pattern on their neck/head. Thump... bird down. If the bird won't respond to my calls and decoys then he wins that day. I don't own a 10ga.(yet) but when I do I'll bump up my payload to 1 1/4oz.- 7 1/2's. Everything being equal (shot size, velocity and choke constriction) there is roughly an effective increase of 5 yds. for every 1/8oz. increase in payload up to 40yds. or so. After that it's a crapshoot. JMHO.