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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2348622" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I can't get within 30 yards of the turkeys..of course i do not call them either.</p><p>More of a sit and wait or sneak up deal...with a shotgun ..</p><p>I kind of prefer 150-200 yard shots with rifle best on them turkeys.</p><p></p><p>I patterned my shotgun with some of the #6 shot it patterned well at 20 and 30 and 35 was not too bad 46 was terrible only 8 pellets.</p><p>On a 8.5x11 paper.'</p><p></p><p>Maybe i need to pattern all my shotguns and use different chokes and see what i get.</p><p>I hear sometimes the restrictive .670" chokes do not really pattern well....</p><p>My grandfathers A5 would turn quail into dust at 40 yards and under...</p><p>That became my dads then would be mine, before i got it, it was stolen...I could hit clays over 65 yards and bust them up. They would be missed by other shooters and on their way to the ground and i would pull the trigger on that old Browning and hit them,,heads would turn..</p><p>Grandpa stated never shoot a bird close with it, won't be any bird left..</p><p></p><p></p><p>Never seen any shotgun perform like that old one..I have tried and tried to duplicate it..</p><p>I have my own A5 12 but it does not reach out like that one.</p><p></p><p>My dad shot the side of the barn when he was a kid with it to pattern it...he was 15-20 yards away.</p><p>It blew a big hole through the barn...He was toast. </p><p>Old peters 2 3/4 high brass. Have no idea the shot size but most of what dad had was #4 and #6</p><p></p><p>I suppose it is time to get out the papers and start patterning my guns..with this new ammo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2348622, member: 15054"] I can't get within 30 yards of the turkeys..of course i do not call them either. More of a sit and wait or sneak up deal...with a shotgun .. I kind of prefer 150-200 yard shots with rifle best on them turkeys. I patterned my shotgun with some of the #6 shot it patterned well at 20 and 30 and 35 was not too bad 46 was terrible only 8 pellets. On a 8.5x11 paper.' Maybe i need to pattern all my shotguns and use different chokes and see what i get. I hear sometimes the restrictive .670" chokes do not really pattern well.... My grandfathers A5 would turn quail into dust at 40 yards and under... That became my dads then would be mine, before i got it, it was stolen...I could hit clays over 65 yards and bust them up. They would be missed by other shooters and on their way to the ground and i would pull the trigger on that old Browning and hit them,,heads would turn.. Grandpa stated never shoot a bird close with it, won't be any bird left.. Never seen any shotgun perform like that old one..I have tried and tried to duplicate it.. I have my own A5 12 but it does not reach out like that one. My dad shot the side of the barn when he was a kid with it to pattern it...he was 15-20 yards away. It blew a big hole through the barn...He was toast. Old peters 2 3/4 high brass. Have no idea the shot size but most of what dad had was #4 and #6 I suppose it is time to get out the papers and start patterning my guns..with this new ammo. [/QUOTE]
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