This means a No. Because of this, Federal Premium was able to increase the pellet count of a payload by using a smaller shot size, while improving penetration due to greater pellet density. When engineers tested the loads at the Federal Premium factory using a shotgun with a These numbers are capable of killing a wild turkey, and even rival the numbers produced by some gauge turkey guns using No. Test results also showed more than 3 inches of penetration in ballistic gel and deep dents, with a few pellets even busting completely through a thin sheet of steel at 40 yards.
Heavyweight TSS. For a turkey hunter, an ideal shotgun will have the capability to screw-in an extra-full turkey choke for an ultra-dense pattern. There are many. These scatterguns were designed with wing-shooting in mind. They were not intended for still-shooting at the head of a wild turkey that is the size of a tennis ball. It is quite difficult to aim at a wild turkey target with the large brass bead on most.
To clarify,. This means the shooter will need to practice and know where their gun is shooting to hit the center of the target before entering the turkey woods. For example, a hunter who tested various. Once you are hitting dead-on at close range with target loads. Shoot one turkey load to confirm. Sometimes different loads have different points-of-impact. Next, push the target back to 30 yards and shoot one turkey load from the bench. At this range, you should be able to marvel at the perfect pattern covering your target.
Thirty yards is still the ideal range to shoot a turkey, even if you are shooting the latest and greatest loads and chokes. After all, the fun part is calling them in close.
One possibility is that you are over-choked for the size shot you are using. Generally speaking, if you are shooting smaller shot like No. There are a lot of aftermarket turkey chokes that are made to work with specific lines of turkey ammo. Do you need a fancy choke and expensive shells to kill turkeys at 30 to 40 yards? Absolutely not. If your factory full choke prints a killer pattern at this range and it just might and you have no interest in killing turkeys at farther ranges, just get out there and start punching tags.
Shoot at least three targets at this range and evaluate your patterns closely. The old number was at least pellets inside a inch circle at yards. The pellets loaded in this shell are 60 percent denser than lead.
Because they are relatively heavier, but also smaller in size and therefore have less drag, they retain their energy better downrange. When picking shot size, remember that the number of pellets in a charge makes a difference in how many fly downrange for a relative load.
My favorite shot sizes are No. That preference comes after firing more than 11, rounds of turkey ammo at targets and game. Pattern density, or the number of hits on target, is the best measure of determining the effectiveness of your gun and load. Years ago, I started using inch circle patterning targets to test the effectiveness of turkey guns and loads. Those were holdovers from years of patterning shotguns for wing-shooting. They were designed to catch most of the load and determine the percentage and density of pellets fired at a clay bird.
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