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Turkey Guns & Shooting => LEAD TURKEY GUN PATTERNS => Topic started by: tha bugman on March 29, 2017, 05:29:13 PM

Title: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: tha bugman on March 29, 2017, 05:29:13 PM
Just saw a pretty good video on Hornady Turkey Loads...they were using IMP CYL and MOD chokes
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: owlhoot on March 29, 2017, 09:31:06 PM
Tried it, friend bought them,lol
Good luck with your guns  :bike2:
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: Philippe on March 30, 2017, 02:07:28 AM
Quote from: tha bugman on March 29, 2017, 05:29:13 PM
Just saw a pretty good video on Hornady Turkey Loads...they were using IMP CYL and MOD chokes

They are junk, plain and simple. Have any patterning results?
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: surehuntsalot on March 30, 2017, 08:01:39 AM
they would be hard pressed to be a good tree rat load, certainly don't need to be shooting them at turkeys
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: tha bugman on March 30, 2017, 08:50:43 AM
Quote from: surehuntsalot on March 30, 2017, 08:01:39 AM
they would be hard pressed to be a good tree rat load, certainly don't need to be shooting them at turkeys
yep seems like that is the consensus
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: ahfox16 on March 31, 2017, 03:41:14 PM
I wonder if they actually tested those loads after they ran a batch.  They are just about plain awful. 
Title: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: Happy on April 10, 2017, 09:02:40 PM
Seen their advertisement pictures. That was enough for me.

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Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: mikejd on April 10, 2017, 09:19:30 PM
Garbage. Nothing else to add.
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: FL-Boss on April 10, 2017, 09:34:30 PM
I'm an HTL guy and would never buy anything lead.  However, I recently traveled out of state to hunt with a friend, I used one of his guns and all he had was this Hornady #6.  I killed 3 birds over a few days... approx 18, 35, and 40 yards... all the three birds dropped in their tracks with only one shot each.
I would personally never buy this ammo... but it had me thinking..
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: turkeykiller41 on April 10, 2017, 10:35:32 PM
Did you check the pattern,also what choke was in the gun.
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: BINK McCARTY on April 18, 2017, 07:04:04 PM
They need to stick with rifle loads. ....PERIOD.
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: Bowguy on April 18, 2017, 09:18:39 PM
Quote from: FL-Boss on April 10, 2017, 09:34:30 PM
I'm an HTL guy and would never buy anything lead.  However, I recently traveled out of state to hunt with a friend, I used one of his guns and all he had was this Hornady #6.  I killed 3 birds over a few days... approx 18, 35, and 40 yards... all the three birds dropped in their tracks with only one shot each.
I would personally never buy this ammo... but it had me thinking..
No disrespect but I've been doing this a long time, never shot them w anything but lead. Not hornadys, they stink but as you saw lots of birds die from lead shot.
I just recently started toying w mag blends n they're decent and prob more decently priced than others but all that's in my vest for the opener, a week away, is lead
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: FL-Boss on April 18, 2017, 09:45:14 PM
non taken. You can shoot them with a sling shot if that's what you want. But for my guns... nothing but HEVI or HTL #7 in a nice little 20ga package.
Title: Re: Hornady Turkey Loads
Post by: edward.penny on April 29, 2019, 08:58:27 PM
Never could get a good pattern out of the Hornadys.

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