Federal "Turkey Thug"?

[bushwhacker]

 At my local wal mart they have this ammo in 20 gauge with 1.25 oz #5 shot only. I would have bought some had they had it in 6's. $9.99 for 12 or 20 gauge.

[appalachianstruttstopper]

was in my local wally world the other night and I saw the turkey thug ammo behind the counter and they had 20ga

Cool, I'm gonna hafta check em out. My Walmart don't have'em yet, and I was looking on federal's website and didn't see them. I wanna try them in my compact 870 20ga.

[ericjames]

All I am gonna say about the turkey thugs in the 3.5-2-6 is the 1 shell I shot was the best pattern I have ever had from lead @ 40 yards. But before I talk to good about them I wanna shoot at least 2 more to make sure that all of them shoot like the first one did , if they do I will go back and buy the rest of the 3.5" #6's they have..

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

I looked at them a little while ago.  $9.99 per box of 10.

Buffered Lead Shot, Not Copper-Plated (Just Like Remington Nitro Turkey), but in a Federal Hull and Federal Wad.

I hate the Remington Nitros, but I hope the Federals shoot good.  Please tell me they do.

[the Ward]

Yikes!Did you guys see the post over on the turkey gun forum?Wad stuck in barrel, powder loooked to have oil in it!I picked up a box the other day in 5# 12 gauge,haven't shot them yet hope they go off!       

[ericjames]

I didn't see the nothing about it but they went boom out of my gun. I will go ahead and post the pic once I get it off my phone. I didn't want to until I shot them a few more times. But they patterned very well in my 835

[the Ward]

Looking forward to the pattern  pics.Can't wait to get out to do some shooting myself!Just been too windy when i did have time to go out.Don't mind shooting in the cold but i absolutly hate trying to shoot in the wind!

[ericjames]

Well folks here it is I wasn't gonna post this until I shot them again because the count seemed kinda high but anyway here they are @40 yards out of a 24" 835 with a pure gold .670. I could not find what I normally mark the circle with so I had to find something else and the circle came out to 10.25" ...This was a 3.5-2-6 load

[Tom Foolery]

Not cool about the wet powder or whatever caused the misfire on the turkey guns board.  That said, ericjames, that is one heck of a pattern!  Looks like I will have to pick up a couple boxes.

[ericjames]

I wanna shoot a few more to see if this was a fluke or something but if I shoot 2 more and they shoot like this , my local walmart will have a ammo shortage on the turkey thugs because I will go buy every box they have. Now I will say this is 1/4" bigger circle so that's makes up for a few pellets but that's all I could find to mark it with

[SumToy]

They are OLD SCHOOL.    We have a good load for the smaller bore guns now.  We test fired one today.  Looks good at 40. 

[ericjames]

what kind of numbers did you get William or did you count

[SumToy]

We did not count them. The wind was way to high to really see a good number count.  It was a new choke lay out also.  We had a 665 in the SBE with 3inch 5's.  It will roll him at 40.

[mightyjoeyoung]

William, what choke style and dimensions would you recommend with the 20 gauge strut shok/thug 6s in a TC Encore pro hunter?

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

If I see some locally, I may give a box a try just to shoot something different.  Those Plain Lead 6's might be a good experiment for my GT .650 choke.