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16 ga loads #1212787 01/04/15 10:13 AM 01/04/15 10:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 293 A ATDH OP 4 point
ATDH OP 4 point A Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 293	What's a good load for turkey in a 16ga?

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1212853 01/04/15 11:34 AM 01/04/15 11:34 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 23 South Carolina Lowcountry when... H HartClemson99 spike
HartClemson99 spike H Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 23 South Carolina Lowcountry when...	Do you handload TSS?

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1212891 01/04/15 12:19 PM 01/04/15 12:19 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16,021 Hartselle Al. n2deer Old Mossy Horns
n2deer Old Mossy Horns Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16,021 Hartselle Al.	5Hart can school u on that. I really don't think there is a "good" option other than that. I think hevi may have made a 16g load. Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213175 01/04/15 04:30 PM 01/04/15 04:30 PM
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ATDH OP 4 point A Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 293	I had somebody tell me #6 would work good but not over 35yrds

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213302 01/04/15 05:40 PM 01/04/15 05:40 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,255 alabama BhamFred Freak of Nature
BhamFred Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,255 alabama	Nitro loads a 16ga turkey load.... I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted..... proud Cracker-Americaan muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213310 01/04/15 05:46 PM 01/04/15 05:46 PM
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marshmud991 14 point M Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,083 USA	My dad gave me a win. Model 12 16ga. If I could find the ole rem peters 6s (black shells. I wouldn't hesitate to hunt with them. That lil gun and those shells were a deadly combo for ducks and geese back in the day. It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: marshmud991] #1213322 01/04/15 05:53 PM 01/04/15 05:53 PM
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blade 12 point B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,122	Originally Posted By: marshmud991 My dad gave me a win. Model 12 16ga. If I could find the ole rem peters 6s (black shells. I wouldn't hesitate to hunt with them. That lil gun and those shells were a deadly combo for ducks and geese back in the day. Marsh, killed my first with a single shot 16 with rem peters #6s in 1975.

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213335 01/04/15 06:06 PM 01/04/15 06:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,083 USA M marshmud991 14 point
marshmud991 14 point M Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,083 USA	I pulled a many long shots with those shells. I don't know what is was but no other shell would shoot as good as those. I would give anything to have a few boxes today. It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213371 01/04/15 07:03 PM 01/04/15 07:03 PM
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HartClemson99 spike H Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 23 South Carolina Lowcountry when...	I killed a 16ga Grand Slam and a few more using Nitros, Heavy Shot and finally TSS. If you don't have the ability to load TSS, then I would suggest Hevi-Shot. http://www.hevishot.com/catalog/hevi-shot-duck/ Concerning a choke tube, William at Sumtoy built mine. I killed one bird at 50 yards in MT using Hevi Shot out of my 870 16ga. Pattern your gun and I think you will be surprised.

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213405 01/04/15 08:45 PM 01/04/15 08:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 98 Monroe co. Alabama G Gobblebox1 spike
Gobblebox1 spike G Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 98 Monroe co. Alabama	Used a browning sweet 16 for a few years when I was in my early teens,I killed two turkeys one year using Winchester 6's but can't remember if they were 3" or 2 3/4" shells,anyway I killed one at 42 steps and the other at 47 steps graveyard dead,that old gun would shoot

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213453 01/05/15 02:34 AM 01/05/15 02:34 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,255 alabama BhamFred Freak of Nature
BhamFred Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,255 alabama	no one makes a 3" 16ga shell..or gun. I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted..... proud Cracker-Americaan muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: BhamFred] #1213502 01/05/15 03:42 AM 01/05/15 03:42 AM
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JayHook 6 point J Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 877 south baldwin county	beat me to the punch line..

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213759 01/05/15 08:07 AM 01/05/15 08:07 AM
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ATDH OP 4 point A Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 293	Thanks fellas!

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: BhamFred] #1213810 01/05/15 09:34 AM 01/05/15 09:34 AM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 98 Monroe co. Alabama G Gobblebox1 spike
Gobblebox1 spike G Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 98 Monroe co. Alabama	Originally Posted By: BhamFred no one makes a 3" 16ga shell..or gun. I wasn't sure because that was over 20 years ago,16's were all 2 3/4" except for a few,After some research there were some 3" 16's made but all were special order guns,very very rare and very few out there

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1213812 01/05/15 09:39 AM 01/05/15 09:39 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16,021 Hartselle Al. n2deer Old Mossy Horns
n2deer Old Mossy Horns Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16,021 Hartselle Al.	Hart what payload did you end up with for the TSS load. Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: n2deer] #1214377 01/05/15 04:16 PM 01/05/15 04:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 23 South Carolina Lowcountry when... H HartClemson99 spike
HartClemson99 spike H Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 23 South Carolina Lowcountry when...	Originally Posted By: n2deer Hart what payload did you end up with for the TSS load. 1 7/8oz of TSS. I sent two different sets of samples them to the lab and both were slightly over pressure (I'd imagine a lot less than Nitros). At the suggestion of the folks at the lab, I dropped 3 grains of Lil' Gun (6 from where I originally started) and produced some fine patterns. I'll get back to loading next month and I'll send a few more to the lab to make sure the recipe is under pressure before I share with other 16ga folks. That 16 ga is just a pleasure to shoot and the felt recoil in my 870 feels less than that of my 20ga 870.

Re: 16 ga loads [Re: ATDH] #1214886 01/06/15 04:51 AM 01/06/15 04:51 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16,021 Hartselle Al. n2deer Old Mossy Horns
n2deer Old Mossy Horns Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16,021 Hartselle Al.	Nice that should be plenty of payload with tss. Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.

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