Does anyone have field experience with Long Beard XR #6 out of their 20 gauge. They pattern very nicely out of my mossberg super bantam with both a carlson .575 and truglo ssx choke but my question is about is about terminal performance. The general consensus is that lead #6 carry enough energy and penetrate adequately for clean kills out to 40 yards but the standard lead turkey load has a velocity between 1200 and 1300 f.p.s. Long beard 20 gauge loads state a velocity of only 1000 f.p.s. At this lower speed, will long beard #6 still kill cleanly at 40 yards every time or am I better of using #5's.
