I love the patterns that everyone is getting with the 7s but im concerned that they might not have the knock down power on longer shots. The last thing i want to do is wound a bird and not be able to recover him. Has anyone had any experiences with the longer shots good or bad?
40 hasn't been a problem for me. I've stretch passed that with a little poor yardage judgement and they still killed well.
Every turkey every time at 40 if you do your part (to include not shooting through brush as you of course shouldn't with any shell).
It will kill them everytime. If they wore one of these ya might need 5's :OGturkeyhead:, but they don't. I made the switch last year with no regrets.
I've shot a few birds with the 7's all dead, I just personally feel better with the Hevi 6's at that 40yd mark. I can still get plenty of coverage on the patterning board and they just make me feel better.
The science is there, 7s kill but I like a tab bit of over kill if I can get it. I wouldnt hesitate to shoot the Federal HW 7s if they patterned a bit better and came in larger loads without the FCW
A number 7 heavy shot has the retained energy of a lead 5 at 40 yards. In addition to that the smaller diameter 7 penetrates better. In addition to that you are likely to put 3-4 heavy 7 pellets in a vital area for every one lead 5. There is no such thing as "knock down power" in small shot. The issue is whether it will penetrate bone and how many pellets are in a vital area.
I shot 2 birds last year with 7s but they were at 30 and 35yds. I have no doubt they would kill at 40
Hevi #7s at 40 yards??? Does a bear sh#t in the woods? ;D
I've killed a few with the #7's since switching. I've never had a problem with this load being a killer.
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Killed one last year at a tape measured 51 yds. Hevi-shot 7's in a 20 gauge. Normally wouldn't shoot that far, bird had seen me and was leaving, last weekend of season, videod the hunt, all you can see is a black dot until i get up and walk to him.
Yes, indeed. I shot all 3 of my gobblers last year with Hevi-13 #7's. 35-40 yards. I'd rather not have a bird too close and chance a miss. I shot the one at 35 while he was walking in.
I just started shooting Hevi 7's last year. I shot a Rio long beard in a KS prairie pasture at 40 paces and it was the only bird I've ever shot that didn't move, stone dead.
I haven't shot a turkey with the H13 7's, but I have shot 2 coyotes with them. Both were shot out of a Winchester 1300 NWTF shooting H13 3-2-7's putting aroud 225 in the 10" at 40 yards. Both coyotes were shot between 35 and 40 yards and were dead with one shot. I mean hammered, not spinning and whining like with other loads I have used.
So yeah I think they will kill a turkey at 40.
7's will kill them deader than a hammer at 40yds.
Yup, will kill them deader than dead......if that was possible.
thanks for the replies i may have to try a box now. :)
They will kill every Turkey that walks on God's green earth, if you do yo part!!
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Uh-Oh. Somebody done mentioned a shot beyond 40 yds. Look out. :angel9:
Hevi 7's made me a believer. :anim_25:
Quote from: Skeeterbait on January 22, 2013, 09:00:22 AM
A number 7 heavy shot has the retained energy of a lead 5 at 40 yards. In addition to that the smaller diameter 7 penetrates better. In addition to that you are likely to put 3-4 heavy 7 pellets in a vital area for every one lead 5. There is no such thing as "knock down power" in small shot. The issue is whether it will penetrate bone and how many pellets are in a vital area.
Give that guy an A for the day! :z-winnersmiley:
Here's why I like shooting 7's. Now tell me how could any bird survive that pattern. And that was tape measured to exactly 40yds.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/brad541thb/DSCF2946Medium.jpg)
They will kill at 40yds with no problem, i misjudged a bird last year and killed him at 52yds with #7 2oz H13. I wouldn't have taken the shot if I'd known it was that far. It smashed that gobbler either way. Just like other members have posted as long as you have a clean open shot you will be good. What choke tube are you using?
I shot a very nice bird last year with Heavy 7 out of my BPS with the Indian creek tube at exactly 40 yards. DRT. Only problem I have with the Heavy 7 loads is they impact low from the bps. I haven't scoped the gun or put sights on it and don't plan to. Even though they put the smack down on the bird the impact point is going to make me use another load in that gun. reflexl
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Quote from: pdaugherty on January 24, 2013, 11:26:22 AM
They will kill at 40yds with no problem, i misjudged a bird last year and killed him at 52yds with #7 2oz H13. I wouldn't have taken the shot if I'd known it was that far. It smashed that gobbler either way. Just like other members have posted as long as you have a clean open shot you will be good. What choke tube are you using?
Star Dot .676
No choke I have tried with the 835 will touch it when the temp is 60 degrees or warmer with the Hevi-13 3.5" 2.25oz #7 loads.
The Hevi-13 and SSX chokes for the 835 do an excellent job with #7 shot.
Thanks,
Clark
I've shot the Hevi7's for a few years now and caught some grief from a few friends about them not being enough. These are the same guys that say the .300 Win Mag is the minimum for our 150lb whitetails at 50yds also.
Last season a friend and I were hunting, I had the Hevi #7's and he had his bare minimum Xtended Range #4's. I called in a bird to around 25yds and he killed it. It flopped and flipped and had about 10 pellets in it's head/neck. In just a bit we got on another and called it in, I misjudged it a bit, north of 40yds, and that bird hit the ground like a brick. It flipped it's wings some but was done when we got there. It looked like it had a bad case of chicken pocks as it was just covered with pellet holes.
His response, "holy s***, I got to get me some 7's!"
Deader than a door nail!
Quote from: ILIKEHEVI-13 on January 23, 2013, 11:18:45 PM
Here's why I like shooting 7's. Now tell me how could any bird survive that pattern. And that was tape measured to exactly 40yds.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/brad541thb/DSCF2946Medium.jpg)
And I'll heartilly second ILIKEHEVI-13 and say, what bird...ON EARTH is going to make it through this pattern...unless that bird happened to have gotten shot at by MY OLD MAN last year!!! :TooFunny: That poor sapling he literally EXPLODED 8 yards off the muzzle didn't do a thing to him...
It will kill them dead!
Joe,
That's one hell of a pattern my friend.
Here is another example of how would a turkey make it through this
(http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb480/dakotaallen06/2013-01-29_15-49-58_326.jpg)