Hevi-shot cut open

[mossyoakpro]

The look of the shot never bothered me with hevi cause it was devastating on ole Tom, only reason I switched to loading my own is so I did not have to worry about what they changed from lot to lot that made my pattern decrease while the price increased.

Makes sense to me...

Yup, I definitely wouldn't be interested in buying it year to year. When the numbers were up with the Hevi 13 3.5 7's I went out and bought a lifetime supply of those and the Hevi 13 3/2/7's, 3/2/6's. Back then they were 16.99-19.99 for the box of 5. My suggestion to people is when you hit the right combo with your gun go out and buy cases of the shell because things change. Also went out and bought 10 boxes of the XX 3/2/6's and 10 boxes of the Win HV 3/ 1 3/4 / 6's.  Right after I did that they confused us all with changing the labels of the shells. The way turkeys are now my boys will have plenty of shells to run through my guns long after I'm gone. This was the first year in 38 years I didn't fire a shot at a turkey. All the Hevi 13 stock I have didn't deplete at all unfortunately.

Same here friend....I have not killed a bird in my home state in 2 years.  You can stockpile shells for a while if you don't have the opportunity to use them.

[Gobble!]

I'd like to find TSS that looked like that.

[ka30270]

I'd like to find TSS that looked like that.

Is the TSS not round?

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[davisd9]

I'd like to find TSS that looked like that.

Is the TSS not round?

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It is round


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[Gobble!]

I'd like to find TSS that looked like that.

Is the TSS not round?

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It is round


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Very round. I like to find some that was ugly.

[bbcoach]

I use the straight 7 shot and all I know it is BAD medicine to turkeys.  When you put 300 plus of Hevi 7's in a 10 inch circle at 40 on a turkeys head, who cares what it looks like.  The 7's just flat out kill turkeys and that is what I'm looking for.  It doesn't have to be perfectly round to do it's job.  I've never opened one and don't plan on it, they just do there job every time.

[LI Outdoorsman]

 I tried the Hevi 13's this for the first time in my 870..#5's..Killed 2 rios in Texas and totally flattened a NY jake last weds at 29 yds..No flopping..just flattened..now trying to find them in #6 so I can stockpile..I was impressed

[Longshanks]

I use the straight 7 shot and all I know it is BAD medicine to turkeys.  When you put 300 plus of Hevi 7's in a 10 inch circle at 40 on a turkeys head, who cares what it looks like.  The 7's just flat out kill turkeys and that is what I'm looking for.  It doesn't have to be perfectly round to do it's job.  I've never opened one and don't plan on it, they just do there job every time.

Thats the point I have come to in the last several years. It doesn't get any better than the Hevi 7's when it comes to factory ammunition. Not interested in setting up shop to reload or pay $10+ a shell. All four of my 12guages are set up to shoot Hevi 7's. 270's-330's in a 10 with the Hevi 7's is brutal on the turkey.  20guages shoot the Fed HW 7's. 160's-180's in a 10 at 40.

[stinkpickle]

I have also stockpiled quite a bit of Ugly-13.

[lunghit]

I don't care what it looks like because it hammers turkeys. I have a small stockpile of 3" number 6 that I have 100% confidence in.

[WildSpur]

I will take those snowman and bowling pin pellets any day over round ones.  Those are the ones that will cause the tissue damage and can help if you misjudged the yardage. 

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[trkehunr93]

With what a box of hevi 13 costs I never saw the need to cut open a $5 shell, might as well burn a $5 bill IMO.  To each his own, when I shot it the turkeys never complained about the shape of the pellets, pretty much no comment everytime 

[jimmy w]

Junk and they can't be good on your barrel

[Old Gobbler]

Hevi shot has always looked like that , from day one , it's part of the  smelting/manufacturimg process

[turkeyinstrut]

I'd like to find TSS that looked like that.

Personally I wouldn't want TSS like that, the main reason TSS patterns so well is because it is perfectly round, polished and very very hard, a load of round shot will pattern much better than the "snowman" shaped shot and because it is so hard it doesn't deform. If lead shot didn't deform while passing through the bore and then the choke it would pattern much better than it does, plus the odd shape shot looses velocity much faster than a perfectly round shot. JMO