The 10ga turkey slayer

[Thompsonj]

Browning BPS10, indian creek choke tube, shooting 3.5" federal #7TSS loads, leupold shotgun scope. Had to have receiver drilled and tapped for the scope mounts. Gut was beat to crap so I had the stock and metal cerakoted to make it look more appealing. Will flat lay some turkeys out

 

[Wedgy]

The 10 G is an absolute beast especially in a BPS ! I think it is overkill if using TSS, my last bird was with a .410 BPS with #9 TSS LOL

 

[Thompsonj]

Would rather have too much horsepower

 

[DartonJager]

My friends go to Tom slayer is also a 26" 10ga BPS. He's gone almost 30 straight seasons of getting his Tom in both IN and IL.
If they didn't make a 3.5" 12ga I'd be shooting a 26" 10ga BPS. and in MY personal experience there is no such thing as TO MUCH HP when it comes to putting down a big ole Tom. Your target is essentially a small walnut placed on top of a pencil.

But my 12ga 3.5" 870 and BSN using 2oz of #5's out of a Winchester LB/XR shells give utterly devastatingly effective patterns out to 60 yards.
Great looking gun.

 

[cohunt]

How far is the capable kill distance of a 10gauge with TSS? I feel comfortable and have taken turkeys at 60-70 yards with my 12 gauge

You could probably put those Tom's down at 100 yards with the right choke with a 10 ga and TSS

 

[Thompsonj]

Don't know yet. Haven't sat down and shot farther than 55 to see what kind of drop it has. At 55, I still hold dead on and pattern is still good

 

[Wedgy]

My loads were ~1,300 fps #5 TSS and the drop was about one foot with a 40 yard zero, I thought it would be more.