wtnhunt Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Not too many options in 20 gauge turkey loads available around here. This target was with winchester supreme high velocity 3 inch #5's. Wal mart does not carry anything else in 20 gauge checked a couple different stores. Should be good enough to kill a bird shouldn't it? She was getting around 30 pellets in the neck and head at 30 yards. Did pick up a couple boxes of remington nitro #5 turkey loads to also try out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xOZx Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Heck yes it'sood enough. You got a good turkey choke in there? I'm sure Strut10 has allot mor info, but I think he just put a couple of 20's together for his kids to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambuscher Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 My first bird was with a single shot 20 GA. with #4 nitro's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 All I can find are Federal's around here and some Winchesters, though not the high velocity ones. Let me know how your Remington Nitros shoot...I was looking at those also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Yes that will certainly crack a gobbler's gourd at 30yds. Perhaps I'm wrong but I'm suspicious the densest part of the pattern may have gone over the paper. In a 12ga the Winchester High Velocity stuff likes to be squeezed tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Heck yes it'sood enough. You got a good turkey choke in there? It is a tru glo "gobbler getter" choke, bought it when I bought her the gun. Only other choke we have for her 870 right now is the factory modified choke that came with the gun and we have not shot any turkey loads through it. Might shoot a few rounds of the nitro's through it this evening and see if they pattern any tighter and see if we can move out a little further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I have an H.S. Undertaker choke which on my new gun was throwing nice tight patterns, thing is, throwing it about 2-3" high.... So yeah, think some of your pattern may be a little high but still decent pattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 That will definately do the job William. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Actually it's not the choke, it's the crummy fiber optic factory sights which is why it's shooting high,lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Yes that will certainly crack a gobbler's gourd at 30yds. Perhaps I'm wrong but I'm suspicious the densest part of the pattern may have gone over the paper. In a 12ga the Winchester High Velocity stuff likes to be squeezed tight. Dont know Leo, you may be right. We got the sights on with #6 heavy game loads on a cardboard box with a large circle on it and crosshair lines. Guess I may have to put a blank paper on along with the target mid box and see what we get. Would like to be able to get her out to 40 yards if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Your picture looks like a dead bird to me at 30-yards. I have to agree with Leo's question on whether most of the shot was going high over the paper. When I was first sighting in my gun after I got it I was shooting high and thought my pattern wasn't as good as it was because it was shooting over my target mostly. After we added additional targets around the one I was shooting at then I noticed most of my pattern was missing my original target. A few adjustment of my fiber optic sights though brought the pattern down and it was much better. I originally thought I'd only be good to 30-yards until I caught on to this and then was able to fine tune the gun out to 40-yards by trying different chokes and shot size combinations. This is the two setups I have on my Remington Model 870 SPS-T Camo 20-Gauge that have worked great for me. Setup #1 - Comp-N-Choke Turkey Remington 20-Gauge XX-Full (.565) Black - Winchester Supreme HV Turkey 3" #5 20-Gauge Setup #2 - Primos Jellyhead Turkey Remington 20-Gauge (.570) - Hevi-Shot Hevi-13 Turkey 3" #5 20-Gauge I'm good out to about 40-yards with the Winchesters and about 50-yards with the Hevi-Shot. I prefer my Winchester over my Hevi-Shot though because of the reduced recoil and the fact that the Hevi-Shot is so tight a pattern at close distances that I could miss easier. I don't hunt turkeys in fields where I'd be presented with longer shots. I hunt up in the mountains in a lot of evergreen areas or areas with lots of grape vines. It isn't common in Spring Gobbler season where I hunt to have a clear shot on a bird past 40-yards. If I was to go hunt elsewhere though, to somewhere with a lot of fields or open woods, then I'd be taking my Hevi-Shot along for sure for the extra range that it gives me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5SHOT Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 My 11 year old son uses a 20ga with Remington Nitro #5's and he shot his turkey last year at 35 yards. A little farther than I wanted him to shoot but with the situation and the terrain he took the best possible shot and dropped him in his tracks. Still can't believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Killed my first turkey ever with a 20 ga. at 25 yards. He weighed 24 pounds. My dad killed his first turkey ever a few years ago as well with the same gun as I did. I have a 12 ga. now for turkey, but a 20 ga. will definitley do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 20 gauge will surely do the trick,killed my first bird with a 20 gauge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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