Think I have found my spring turkey load!

[Cory Rams]

Tested the above loads the other day….






Here are my targets from a few days ago. I tested 100 grains of FG in a Winchester hull. I loaded with a 1/4” nitro wad and 1 5/8oz of #5’s. It didn’t group as tight at 25 yards than my #6 load but IT DID have more hits at 40 yards than my test with #6 nickel plated shot. That was kind of confusing to me. It didn’t pattern any better than the RST load at 25 yards but patterned better than any load I’ve tried at 40 yards to date. At fifty yards I only had 3 hits VS with the #6’s.

I then tested all brass hulls with the same exact load but added a 3/4” fiber cushion was over the 1/4” nitro wad. The groups were poor compared to the plastic hull loads.


Plastic hulls…


25 yards…




40 yards….




50 yards…





All brass…


25 yards…




40 yards…




Looks like my #5 Winchester plastic hull load works good enough for spring gobblers but I’d like to see a little tighter group at 25 yards with it.

[charlie cleveland]

I wonder why the plastic hull does better than the brass null.....charlie

[Dean Romig]

"I wonder why the plastic hull does better than the brass hull..... charlie"


Probably the plastic helps cushion the shock of the combustion a tad better helping to stabilize the shot column.





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[10 bore]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

I wonder why the plastic hull does better than the brass null.....charlie

That is why i was asking what he loaded over the top of the shot. If you put anything thicker than a over shot card at .070 the pattern will open up like a spreader wad. I put some filler wading over the shot and it opened my patterns up to 50%.
Scott

[Cory Rams]

I couldn’t find any OS cards that fit tightly in the all brass hulls so split a 1/4” nitro card to thin pieces that were maybe a hair thicker than a normal OS card. Maybe they were still to thick? I found some OS cards that fit now but probably won’t test them till turkey season pre opener next year. Loads are already in place and season starts Wendsday. Probably going to use my modern 10 gauge first season and will switch off to my other shotguns 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th seasons so they all get some fresh air. I have ONE #5 BP load left and a dozen #6’s loaded up. Will probably try the #5 this year in my Damascus when it gets its chance…or at least in the right side barrel for backup.