Whats your favorite turkey load?

[killinmammals]

Just curious as to what everybodys favorite turkey load is? I just bought a new xtrema2 and need to start patterning some 3-1/2s for it next weekend.

[slickhead slayer]

Heavy shot, heavy shot, heavy shot. Its superior to lead.

[golfman205]

winchester supreme #5

[JDMiller]

Winchester Double X Magnum Turkey Loads , 12 ga. 3 1/2" , 2 1/4 oz. #5 !!! Take note of the 2 1/4 oz.... most of the 3 1/2" loads WallyWorld stocks are the 2oz variety.

[Mepperson]

winchester supreme #5

+1 for Win Supremes #5 in 3 1/2 inch.

[UKturkeyhunter]

I've got a Mossberg 835 and I get better patterns out of Winchester Supreme 3 inch # 6s than anything else I have tried. Plus, they're somewhat easier on the shoulder, but still wicked.

[The Beagler]

Without a doubt, Hevi-Shot. I'll never shoot lead at a turkey again. My gun likes Hevi-Shot 3inch #5 in the 1 5/8oz, 1 3/4, or 1 1/2.

I killed one turkey with Winchester Supreme 2 1/4oz in 3.5inch and wasn't impressed. The 3inch #5 1 3/4oz shot 10x better in my gun. Then I switched to Hevi-Shot and never looked back.

Hevi-Shot is definitely superior of lead, the NWTF Still Shot Championship Winners are proof of that.

[killinmammals]

Ive used winchester supremes 3in the last couple of years in my other beretta. Thats probably what I'm going to get for this one too.

[Gobblergetter2.1]

Winchester Supreme XX 3 1/2" 2 1/4oz #5s. Id reccomend a Kicks gobblin thunder choke tube. Dont get any better than that.

[mcdenney]

100 grains of black powder, one over the powder card, two x-yoke fiber wads, 1 3/8oz of #5's in a special steel shot cup coverd with two thin over the shot cards and a #11 percussion cap on the nipple.

Perfect recipe for smoked turkey!:D

[rarebreed]

1.75 oz winchester 3", #6 shot, heavy shot patterend low and right in my 870 special field so I stuck with the winchesters, they shoot a great pattern at 40 yds with a .655 choke, longest kill was 52 paces

[big300mag]

My Mossberg 500 patterns best with Winchester Supreme, 3 inch magnum, No. 5 shot.

[cornbread]

Winchester Xtended Range 3" #5. Works great in my beretta.

[Quickdraw Limpsalot]

Sent someone after some shells last year and they brought back the wrong kind. Good thing, too. The Remington Nitro Turkey loads patterned better in my 835 than what I had asked for! (Cheaper too!)

[Dev]

I shoot 3 1/2", 2oz, 6's out of a Kicks Choke thats stuck in a SBE II. Works for me.

[fullstrut1]

Nitro 4x5x7 in my Beretta, nothing else I have shot even compares, I also like a 85 grain Magnus Stinger!

[hunterman1971]

I'm more of a fed guy #4 shot works great in my old single shot.

[predator]

31/2" Hevishot in #4

[Valley Station]

12 Ga. , 3", 2 Oz. copper coated #6 shot, Federal XX Supremes

[Tha' Hat]

My 870 shoots a Win. Sup. 3-inch, 2-ounce load of 6's the best (those are a little hard to find now). That's what I logged my farthest-ever kill with. It was a fall hen, on the wing, and I won't say how far it was.

My Browning Gold shoots a 3-inch 1 7/8 Win Sup. load of 4s the best. That's what I hunt with most of the time.

[maxcam]

For an Extrema there is only one choice.....Nitro triplex of 4X5X7's with a .660 Rhino Tube......You can expect a pattern the size of a baseball at 20 yards and about 280-300 shot in a 10 inch circle at 40......

If someone can come up with somethin better let me know.....These shells aint cheap......

http://www.nitrocompany.com/pattern.htm

scroll down the page and find the Berretta Extrema.....

Oh and one other thing.....You can buy the tubes and shells at Uncle Lee's.....and thats a good thing!

[drakeshooter]

When I first started turkey hunting about 12 years ago, there was a shell made by Active called Impulse. They had a shell that was a mix of 4s and 6s. Deadliest turkey load I ever used, but I haven't seen them sold for a few years.:mad:

[turkeyfan]

I use winchester supremes # 5 3 1/2 inch 2 oz powder, good up to 55 yards

[maxcam]

When I first started turkey hunting about 12 years ago, there was a shell made by Active called Impulse. They had a shell that was a mix of 4s and 6s. Deadliest turkey load I ever used, but I haven't seen them sold for a few years.:mad:

was the lead nickel plated?

[870sm]

Nitro company 4x5x7 hevi shot.....:p

[B.M. Barrelcooker]

they all work at ten yards

[turkeyfan]

I am not sure if it was or not, but the pellets I got out of the bird was copper coated.

[huntmadd]

I have always been a fan of Rem. duplex shells 4+6 mixed 3'' shells myself.Hard to find but worth it.Shots as good or better than most shell and has more nock down with the 4 shot missed in.