I had a guy tell me this on another forum about 20ga turkey guns...
"This sounds all well and good, but there is a reason more people do not use a 20 gauge and that is not because of pellet count but because of penatration. With the larger gauges their is more powder giving a better penatrating load. also, you are asking for everything to be perfect with a twenty gauge, most times you do not have a gobbler standing still waiting for the shot but the bird is moving. In the right situation a 20 gauge will kill a bird dead just as quick as a 12 but that is if everything is perfect.?"
I have always thought a pellet leaving the muzzle at 1100 fps, no matter if it is a 20ga or 10ga, will still hit the same (if it's the same pellet). If a 10ga load leaves the barrel at 1200fps and a 12ga load leaves at 1200 fps they both will hit the same. The only thing you are gaining is # of shot. Is this true or am I wrong?
Same pellet size and density at equivalent velocity equals identical penetration and energy. Not only is this common sense, but Physics.
Sounds like this guy needs to study a few of Newtons laws!
I guess this just goes to show that not every forum is as good as this one!
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what I thought.....
And yes, this forum is top notch!
thay guy does not have a clue. Problem is alot of people will probably belive him.
Absolute positive even smells bad BS here . Maybe you should start out just shooting smaller turkeys at first just to be sure though. At close range of course! :TooFunny: :goofball: :funnyturkey:
That guy knows absolutely nothing about guns and if he knows as much about turkey hunting he couldn't kill one in a pen much less out in the woods.
same power,just less pellets in the pattern
Quote from: K9Doc on February 25, 2012, 07:10:46 PM
Same pellet size and density at equivalent velocity equals identical penetration and energy. Not only is this common sense, but Physics.
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