Hevi shot mag blend still killin five months after the shot...

[Hooksfan]

Alright,  some of you may think I have gone off my rocker here but......we eat our share of wild turkey at my house and have for a while.  I have noticed that since I made the switch to heavy mag blend, there are more shots that I am dang near breaking my teeth off on and they are almost always the smaller shot sizes. 
No way I am just imagining this. It's bad enough I believe I will go back to my old faithful loads that worked for years.
This is in no way a criticism. I am still beyond impressed with the loads performance, but I'm not quite ready for dentures yet.
Anyone else notice this or can give an explanation. All I can attribute it to is the greater number of pellets, possibility the smaller shots be in pushed to the perimeters? , or that the heavy shot gets better penetration.  Any thoughts?

[davisd9]

I find a few in the breast but not much. I cut mine into nuggets and have never bitten down on Hevi in the meat. Do not think I did it with lead either other than a deer killed with buckshot.

The positives of Hevi would certainly outweigh it for me and would just search the meat a little closer.

Lead kills and no problem going back if that is your decision.


Sent from the Strut Zone

[jblackburn]

maybe shoot at a large paper to see if you are getting fliers.  Since I switched to straight Hevi 6's in 2012 or 13 I have not had a problem with pellets in the breast like I would see with lead.  I've killed them from 5 yards to beyond acceptable OG range, too

[Oconeeguy]

I had a similar question in 2012

biting into pellets
« on: March 06, 2012, 08:08:25 AM »
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Being fairly new to both turkey hunting and this forum, I notice much discussion about throwing a lot of really small pellets at the head/neck area of a turkey. It seems reasonable that a good many of these small pellets will hit the body (and breast) of the turkey, especially at these maximum distances discussed. Having grown up around rabbit/quail/squirrel hunting, I am always concerned about biting into a pellet when eating game. An Aunt broke a molar doing that years ago. Has anyone had a problem finding and removing these small #7 pellets from their turkey prior to eating?

[T-town]

Learned 30 years ago, check all my meat closely. But I can't help but wonder about the TSS folks use these days. That's a lot of small shot.

[TauntoHawk]

Shoot such a tight pattern with hevi I almost never have a single pellet in the meat. If I do I try and cut them out before I cook it