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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 20 Gauge Turkey Gun Pattern Pictures => Topic started by: Ol timer on April 17, 2020, 04:53:34 PM

Title: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: Ol timer on April 17, 2020, 04:53:34 PM
Side by Side Winchester XR #6 and Federal#7 @ 25 yards IC .555
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: huntinsomd on April 17, 2020, 06:07:23 PM
Big difference...even bigger if you could you TSS 9's!
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: Ol timer on April 17, 2020, 06:26:26 PM
I live in the communist state of NJ smallest size is #7 legally.
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: Tuffonturkeys on April 17, 2020, 06:38:16 PM
I see 2 dead turkeys
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: huntinsomd on April 17, 2020, 06:44:13 PM
The TSS will give you a better hunting pattern out to longer distance than the XR, but either would be deadly at that distance.
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: huntinsomd on April 17, 2020, 06:48:20 PM
I would shoot 1 1/2oz or more of TSS 7 or HW 7 and never look back, unless you never shoot past 40yds. If you don't shoot past about 40yds the XR should be good to go.
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: DaMitch on April 17, 2020, 07:14:27 PM
Nice patterns for sure.  I think you have 2 very good loads.  Maybe sample at longer range to see if indeed both loads stand up to what you require.
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: nyhunter on April 17, 2020, 07:21:41 PM

Nice patterns for sure.  I think you have 2 very good loads.  Maybe sample at longer range to see if indeed both loads stand up to what you require.


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Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: Ol timer on April 18, 2020, 08:31:14 AM
To answer the longer yards Patterns I have a 12 ga for that, :fud: patterns with the 20 ga.at 35 yards drop off to the low 110 count for xr#6 and around 150 count for the fed tss#7. I like using this 20 ga.late season when the weather get hot in May and I'm walking long days with a light gun.
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: nyhunter on April 18, 2020, 11:24:06 AM
 :icon_thumright:, your all set, thats a good plan,   I do wanna say that both those numbers 110 with XR and 150 with tss 7's will work at 40 no problem. 
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: BINK McCARTY on April 19, 2020, 04:31:11 AM
Quote from: Ol timer on April 18, 2020, 08:31:14 AM
To answer the longer yards Patterns I have a 12 ga for that, :fud: patterns with the 20 ga.at 35 yards drop off to the low 110 count for xr#6 and around 150 count for the fed tss#7. I like using this 20 ga.late season when the weather get hot in May and I'm walking long days with a light gun.

The 20 gauge using TSS will do anything the 12 will do...only with a few less pellets.
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: NightHawk24 on April 27, 2020, 03:31:16 PM
I can't speak for the Longbeards but I've had nothing but success with the Federal TSS. Both are nice patterns and dead turkeys though
Title: Re: XR VS Fed TSS Patterns
Post by: Old Timer on April 30, 2020, 04:24:21 PM
Bang, flop congrats :turkey2: