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General Forum / Re: TSS article Outddoor LifeLast post by deadbuck - Today at 10:26:13 AMAt one time I remember some company toying with a 3.5 inch 20 gauge shell. Maybe that needs to resurface to get the 20 gauge guys more performance from lead
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General Forum / Re: TSS article Outddoor LifeLast post by Smallfry - Today at 10:18:27 AMThanks for sharing, It will definitely stop me from buying in excess and take fewer shots on the pattern board
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Turkey Call Classifieds / Re: WTS 3.5” Crystal over Carb...Last post by NOmad - Today at 09:58:18 AMsold pending funds
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General Forum / Re: 20 gauge lead loadLast post by patternfreak - Today at 09:55:36 AM1.5oz of lead fits like a glove in 20ga loads. I have no clue why there aren't more loads out there. I plan to send one out for testing in my next shipment to Precision.
This is 1.5oz of lead with 15 grains of Mix 47 buffer. Not a single pellet above the wad, easy fold crimp. Should pattern great with the full wad containment. 1.5oz of 6's has basically the same pellet count as 2oz of 5's. If you can commit to a 40 yard max range this should be a fantastic 20ga turkey load. Also working on 1-5/8oz or 1-3/4oz in a roll crimp for 16ga...   #7
General Forum / Re: TSS article Outddoor LifeLast post by Greg Massey - Today at 09:54:41 AMCould the rising prices of TSS discourage a new Turkey hunting from turkey hunting? Has TSS caused some to take up turkey hunting?
A lot of us older turkey hunters have the experience of hunting the copper/ lead loads that are not TSS shells. I bet most of us older guys have a gun still setup for lead loads ... IMO #8
Trumpets / Wingbones Forum / Re: Billy Buice VideoLast post by WLT III - Today at 09:54:03 AMQuote from: KeeKee on Today at 01:18:14 AMEveryones' a trumpet builder these daysQuote from: WLT III on February 11, 2026, 10:39:22 AMWouldnt give $20 for most junk out there today. Was at Unicoi last month, walked up to a mans table full of yelpers. Asked him to let me hear em play. Told me he doesn't play them, he just builds them. Walked away without saying another word. What a friggin joke.On that same note I picked up a trumpet at a guy's booth to play at the Mossy oak store's turkey tailgate and got a mouth full of sawdust. I spit it out then held my finger over the mouthpiece and blew it all out. He didnt say a word 🤣....  #9
General Forum / Re: TSS article Outddoor LifeLast post by patternfreak - Today at 09:52:10 AMQuote from: GobbleNut on Today at 09:28:30 AMInteresting article. In another thread, I mentioned how the cost of my TSS shells was insignificant to the overall cost of turkey hunting for me...that is, based on how many shells I generally fired in a season. I have to admit that the increases in price we are witnessing now is making me grit my teeth a bit more about forking over the dough for TSS. You aren't the only one. I've been a die hard TSS shooter for the past 6 years or so. I've developed hundreds of loads and spend thousands of dollars on ballistic testing. Mainly waterfowl stuff but a good share of turkey loads as well. This past waterfowl season I didn't load any new shells with TSS. This turkey season I plan on shooting lead shot. The line in the sand has to be drawn somewhere. Once all of this passes with China I don't think we will see prices come back down, because you guys are still buying it. Once a price is accepted by the market it rarely comes back down. Remember when home prices shot up during Covid because interest rates were low and everyone said "That's crazy, I'll buy when they come back down!" They haven't came down and they're not going to. Same thing with TSS. No one selling it for $100 a pound is going to come back down to $40 unless we quit buying it. |
