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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: harvester on March 17, 2011, 07:52:40 PM

Title: not bad imo
Post by: harvester on March 17, 2011, 07:52:40 PM
just shot a 30 yard pattern with #4s
2 oz lead
put 173 out of 266 in a 10" circle
thats 65% of the shot

Opinions please? Is it average, above average or very good.
thanks
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: swampy on March 17, 2011, 07:55:10 PM
Never patterned 4's but that'll make a big mess surely.
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: VAHUNTER on March 17, 2011, 08:16:23 PM
i would say your setup likes  4's  :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: allaboutshooting on March 17, 2011, 08:52:04 PM
Quote from: harvester on March 17, 2011, 07:52:40 PM
just shot a 30 yard pattern with #4s
2 oz lead
put 173 out of 266 in a 10" circle
thats 65% of the shot

Opinions please? Is it average, above average or very good.
thanks


That is a lot of big lead pellets in a pretty small area. I'd say a turkey would be in trouble if he's out in front of your gun at 30 yards.

Thanks,
Clark
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: 3.5inchpainfulldeath on March 17, 2011, 09:09:27 PM
Quote from: allaboutshooting on March 17, 2011, 08:52:04 PM
Quote from: harvester on March 17, 2011, 07:52:40 PM
just shot a 30 yard pattern with #4s
2 oz lead
put 173 out of 266 in a 10" circle
thats 65% of the shot

Opinions please? Is it average, above average or very good.
thanks


That is a lot of big lead pellets in a pretty small area. I'd say a turkey would be in trouble if he's out in front of your gun at 30 yards.

Thanks,
Clark
Id say your ready to go.  those 4's will lay the smack down. 
Do you have pics of the pattern?  any holes or was it even.  That's all that matters, even dense pattern.  High numbers are fun to tinker with, but you can only kill a turkey DEAD....  no such thing as a deader turkey :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: joshua on March 17, 2011, 09:20:05 PM
Sounds like your good to go at that distance.   :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: spur collector on March 17, 2011, 09:23:06 PM
Please post pic of your pattern if you can, would like to see it, sounds like them birds are in trouble this spring.
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: Gobble! on March 17, 2011, 09:31:34 PM
That will do!
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: BigPeck215 on March 17, 2011, 11:28:25 PM
i would say that that is above average and bordering on exceptional
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: njdevilsb on March 17, 2011, 11:35:14 PM
Sounds like that should work.   :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: harvester on March 18, 2011, 07:15:45 AM
I will try and post some pics tonight when I get back home. Thanks for the replies.
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: bowhunter84 on March 18, 2011, 09:04:13 AM
 :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: not bad imo
Post by: archery1 on March 18, 2011, 12:57:18 PM
that is a great pattern for the #4 shot.. certainly a dead turkey