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Last word on barrel length + lead & TSS shot, please
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<blockquote data-quote="Gar Guru" data-source="post: 1659086" data-attributes="member: 14872"><p>Darton jager, Me and a dozen or so of my pals have been handloading TSS shot in sizes 4-9 and 20-12-10 gauges for about 4 years now. There is absolutely no reason to shoot a 3 1/2 inch shell at a turkey any longer. The supplier of my shot gave me a recipe for a 3 inch 2 oz 12 gauge load that will kill turkeys at 75 yards all day long if that is what you want to do without the terrible recoil of a 3 1/2. I am not advocating shooting turkeys that far, but it will do it if that is what you want. The Longbeard shell you speak of will pattern well at extended range, but the density of the shot will leave you chasing down cripples if you shoot turkeys instead of paper at those distances because copper plated lead just isn't very dense and does not penetrate like TSS. After killing 200+ turkeys collectively in the last 4 years not a single one of us has swapped back to any other shell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gar Guru, post: 1659086, member: 14872"] Darton jager, Me and a dozen or so of my pals have been handloading TSS shot in sizes 4-9 and 20-12-10 gauges for about 4 years now. There is absolutely no reason to shoot a 3 1/2 inch shell at a turkey any longer. The supplier of my shot gave me a recipe for a 3 inch 2 oz 12 gauge load that will kill turkeys at 75 yards all day long if that is what you want to do without the terrible recoil of a 3 1/2. I am not advocating shooting turkeys that far, but it will do it if that is what you want. The Longbeard shell you speak of will pattern well at extended range, but the density of the shot will leave you chasing down cripples if you shoot turkeys instead of paper at those distances because copper plated lead just isn't very dense and does not penetrate like TSS. After killing 200+ turkeys collectively in the last 4 years not a single one of us has swapped back to any other shell. [/QUOTE]
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