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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 3089103" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>This whole turkey thing also reminds me…read an interesting article some while ago about what a strange lot turkey (and to some degree waterfowl) hunters are.</p><p></p><p>The 3.5 inch heavy turkey loads are about the stoutest 12 guage loadings on earth, up to 2 oz payloads. And pump action shotguns aren't typically very heavy at all, and don't take the edge off recoil like a semi does. Many turkey hunters use 12 guage pumps with said loadings as evidenced by sales volumes if nothing else. The author did the math on a recoil calculator…and discovered that the typical light weight 12 guage shooting these super turkey loads generates more free recoil and at a greater recoil velocity than the typical safari weight rifle in 458 win mag shooting 500 grain bullets! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😮" title="Face with open mouth :open_mouth:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62e.png" data-shortname=":open_mouth:" /></p><p></p><p>The conclusion was that die-hard turkey hunters are an odd bunch indeed, taking more punishment to hunt a bird that isn't even that good at flying than they'd take to hunt the largest land animal on this planet! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 3089103, member: 109862"] This whole turkey thing also reminds me…read an interesting article some while ago about what a strange lot turkey (and to some degree waterfowl) hunters are. The 3.5 inch heavy turkey loads are about the stoutest 12 guage loadings on earth, up to 2 oz payloads. And pump action shotguns aren't typically very heavy at all, and don't take the edge off recoil like a semi does. Many turkey hunters use 12 guage pumps with said loadings as evidenced by sales volumes if nothing else. The author did the math on a recoil calculator…and discovered that the typical light weight 12 guage shooting these super turkey loads generates more free recoil and at a greater recoil velocity than the typical safari weight rifle in 458 win mag shooting 500 grain bullets! 😮 The conclusion was that die-hard turkey hunters are an odd bunch indeed, taking more punishment to hunt a bird that isn't even that good at flying than they'd take to hunt the largest land animal on this planet! 🤣🤣🤣 [/QUOTE]
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