Would you chase the 300's

[Swampchickin234]

No, that is killing pattern. I chase longbeards to kill not pattern counts. Good luck


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X2. Give yourself some wiggle room


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[cutt down]

Dead is dead....how dead you want him? If a shell contains 500 pellets & you can get a 250/250 pattern then I'd hunt that all day long. A consistent, even distribution of shot over the entire 20" circle will hunt.

[yella yelper]

I was getting 350's out of my 20ga 870 and it was too tight for my liking. I dialed it back to 280's and more even pattern thru the 20". I killed one at 22 yards last year running at 100% full speed right at me. I had enough spread to give him a ride home in my truck.

[dirt road ninja]

I chased numbers and have a good hunting pattern.  Very rarely do I miss, in the few years I've been loading tss I've only missed on one morning and the bird wasn't close.

[Gobble!]

Out of a 20 I would not chase 300 with 1.625oz or less of shot.

[Smooth_Operator]

I patterned three chokes when switching to loading my own TSS. The best numbers were consistently ~350 at forty yards in ten inch circle with one choke, but was blowing a hole in the target at twenty yards. Another choke was ~230 at forty yards, and a nice even, tight pattern (but not too tight) at twenty. While another choke gave me ~150 at forty and as you could imagine, a wide, even patten at twenty. 
I chose the middle ground, as my goal is to kill turkeys, not win a pellet count contest. 150-250 within the 10" is really the sweet spot when talking overall effectiveness of your load at close and long (40 yard) range. I wouldn't change a thing, you've got a killer load already.


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[Gooserbat]

I'm shooting 260/10 and I don't want it any tighter.  I have a friend who's gun seems to like 300+ no matter what choke he uses and he has told me numerous times it's too tight.

[Cottonmouth]

If you're dead set on chasing numbers, do it with a different gun. Hunt with the setup you have now and go buy a numbers gun to play. Get a 10 ga and load up 3 oz of tss #12's. That should do the trick.

[Old Gobbler]

Want some sound advice. ...don't get caught up in the numbers , you got a good shooting gun allready

focus your efforts of turkey hunting ... if needed , if not go hunting and enjoy yourself in the turkey woods

A good analogy. ...you know I like giving those ....

You ever see the kids who just got to have the latest iPhone ....I call it "iphone-itis" you see.these kids line up at the mall days in advance like they can't live without out it
..bow hunters on forums are like that , folks got a dead shooting reliable and fast bow....what do they do.....trade it in and spend a fortune on this year's latest bow

[upfold99]

Thank you all again, for the sound advice. I plan to leave it alone and kill birds this spring.

[BrowningGuy88]

I wouldn't.

I have two 20 gauge combos that do over 300, but I don't particularly care to chase it. With 12 gauges, I only run around 260 in the 10 with T8's and that is plenty tight for me. I look to be as close to 250/250 as I can.

[Prohunter3509]

Yeah stick with the 200 numbers

[tha bugman]

Some guys play golf, but I love being on the range tinkering preseason.  If you have the time and money, then chase the 300 and enjoy!

[BD]

I would chase turkeys and not pellet count

[LRD]

As others have said, I would hunt that load.  I am switching to hand loaded tss this year and would be tickled with that pattern.  My goal is 220 - 250 in the 10" and the same in the 20".