2 oz of #10 shot at 540fps?

[Mike Franzen]

At my club here in Kentucky the turkey shoots are huge events drawing hundreds of shooters. A few years ago the rules were changed to eliminate the scopes and a maximum barrel length was established. I guess the slow muzzle velocities are to help maintain tight patterns. That might be a good strategy for actual turkey hunting loads with larger shot.

[charlie cleveland]

i think that those low speed loads would not be usfull in any kind of hunting...i guess i m one of those fellas that likes big bore guns and plenty of powder and shot in a load.....charlie

[Jay Oliver]

Reminds of the saying I always see with regards to muzzleloading shotguns, which usually have cylinder chokes:

Less powder, more lead, shoots far, kills dead

More powder, less lead, kicks hard, wide spread

[William Davis]

And that list only hits the high spots. Know of several in Virginia not listed. Club I belong to it’s a big social event. Family’s with all the Kids. Fire pits Hot Dogs Hamburgers. They are very strict with equipment. Use club shells & check chokes. I work it as a volunteer never shot it. Did check two of my Parker’s chokes, SBT & 30 inch VH failed as too tight.

Lobbied for unlimited class like a short 10. Turned down, reason, gamblers would ruin it. Probably right.

William

[Bill Murphy]

William, what is your minimum bore requirement?

[William Davis]

Bill they have a stick in brass bore gauge can’t read more than the full mark. Not precise but both Parker’s failed the test.

William

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by William Davis

Bill they have a stick in brass bore gauge can’t read more than the full mark. Not precise but both Parker’s failed the test.

William

The place I visited earlier this year had two bore gauges . Open anything goes we’re .650” and no longer then 32” . In what they call “Grandpa” shoots it’s .675” fixed only and 32” . I used a Browning A-5 12 MAG 32” in both events and won in both classes . And there were some rather unique items to be seen at the open class shoot . While I don’t wanna do it every week the place we went has eleven rounds a night $5@round or $50 for the entire thing . And generally they started at 19:00 and were thru 11 rounds by 20:15 . Then we could hit a decent eatery after which was my main objective in going . Incidentally I took a VH 30” the first time along with the A-5 , the A-5 was way tighter then the VH which I always thought very tight .