Looking around I read that you can use Hevi Shot that is 2 sizes smaller other say it is 1 size smaller. What do you believe?
5 lead-7 Hevi
6 lead-7 Hevi
I grabbed a box of Long Beards in 6 today and wonder what the effective range is of the round if the pattern holds strong.
Fed HW 7's!!!!I believe in!!
To be honest its to each his own.
In lead I like 5s or 6s.
In hevi I like 6s or 7s.
In HW I like the 7s and would love 8s if available.
In TSS I like the 8s alot and alos use the 9s in the 20 and soon the .410
You can get a idea of how the shot sizes go down when density increases.
I use 6's. You'll just have to pattern and test what works for you.
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A #6 lead pellet will have the same energy with a given muzzle velocity at a given distance. Hence, extended range is false advertising. The Longbeards do give a superior pattern and I really like that at 35 yards and in.
Hevi 13 31/2 2-1/4 6s are mean. They flat out work. Win lead 6s are mean. Fed hw 7 are mean. You don't need htl to stomp turkeys, but Ill admit, I like it. Not so I can shoot farther, but because I would much rather have a very dense pattern of small shot than a less dense, bigger shot. 6s have just patterned very well for me in many guns, chokes, and barrel lengths
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Quote from: n2deer on June 28, 2014, 06:07:14 PM
To be honest its to each his own.
In lead I like 5s or 6s.
In hevi I like 6s or 7s.
In HW I like the 7s and would love 8s if available.
In TSS I like the 8s alot and alos use the 9s in the 20 and soon the .410
You can get a idea of how the shot sizes go down when density increases.
You load TSS in 410? What are you shooting with it?
Tss 9s + 410 = DEAD TURKEY
Any of those should be deadly for as far as the pattern holds up.
Quote from: stinkpickle on June 30, 2014, 12:31:42 PM
Any of those should be deadly for as far as the pattern holds up.
This^ Hevi, Fed HW or good ol' Lead all work. Sure you can stretch it a bit farther with HTL but the game is getting them close not sharp shooting them.
I like 5 for lead 6 for hevi
Quote from: snapper1982 on June 29, 2014, 07:01:39 PM
Tss 9s + 410 = DEAD TURKEY
I was thinking the TSS in a 410 would knock the hell out of bunnies. Might be a little pricey for that though.
lead #5,#4
hevi 13 #5,#6
Fed HW #6,#7
HW7s for me!
I use Hevi-shot magnum blends. So I get a little bit of all of it 5's,6's, and 7's.
Quote from: Kywoodsman on July 06, 2014, 06:59:12 PM
I use Hevi-shot magnum blends. So I get a little bit of all of it 5's,6's, and 7's.
Same here
I shoot so much #6 shot in competition each year and know exactly what it will do in my 12 gauge guns, that it's my choice for hunting as well.
Doris and I also use 20 gauge guns for hunting and we'll use #7 shot or #6 shot Hevi-13 with those guns.
Thanks,
Clark
Yeah the mag blends are deadly and patterned great for me. I know there's a lot of gimicky stuff out there in the ammo world but I like the idea behind the mag blends(5,6,7), and as I said they patterned great out of almost every combo I used.
This year I did go with the Longbeard #6's, and again I don't traditionally go with the new "hottest" thing on the market, but these patterned great and I killed my longbeard stone dead at 36 steps this year. Not that 36 steps is far, but I was confident with that load from 10-45 with the 6's.
Mag Blends
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I've killed a lot of gobblers with win #6 lead, killed some farther than I should have shot. Hev 13, I like #6, with fed hw #7...all 3 loads are very deadly.