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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5834862" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>So why would someone like me, generally killing most turkeys under 30 yds prefer to be loaded with TSS loads? Because I'm less likely to miss a turkey's head, both up close, and even over 40 yds, which still remains about my maximum. Just now have a greater margin for error.</p><p></p><p>Traveling down a shotgun barrel, because TSS (being harder) deforms less than lead, the patterns are more uniform with fewer "fliers". And, you can use much smaller sized pellets (like #9 TSS instead of #5 lead) resulting in much denser patterns, improving the odds one of them hits that turkey's head or neck in the right spot. Best of all, this can be the case even when I choose to hunt with a more open choke than most. Best of many worlds, i.e. larger pattern, still denser than tight turkey chokes using #5 lead.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, it seems most (on this thread & everywhere) seem to be thinking the most important thing is how many pellets can be put inside a 10" circle at 40 yds.</p><p></p><p>But the center 1" of that 10" circle only leaves 4 1/2 inches in every direction for a miss (sparse pattern outside that 10" center). Note how many people are posting pattern pictures where the center of their 10" patterns is several inches from a turkey's head or center of neck.</p><p></p><p>I generally prefer a more uniform 20" pattern at 40 yds, which will still be consistently deadly at 45-plus with TSS #9.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5834862, member: 1409"] So why would someone like me, generally killing most turkeys under 30 yds prefer to be loaded with TSS loads? Because I'm less likely to miss a turkey's head, both up close, and even over 40 yds, which still remains about my maximum. Just now have a greater margin for error. Traveling down a shotgun barrel, because TSS (being harder) deforms less than lead, the patterns are more uniform with fewer "fliers". And, you can use much smaller sized pellets (like #9 TSS instead of #5 lead) resulting in much denser patterns, improving the odds one of them hits that turkey's head or neck in the right spot. Best of all, this can be the case even when I choose to hunt with a more open choke than most. Best of many worlds, i.e. larger pattern, still denser than tight turkey chokes using #5 lead. Meanwhile, it seems most (on this thread & everywhere) seem to be thinking the most important thing is how many pellets can be put inside a 10" circle at 40 yds. But the center 1" of that 10" circle only leaves 4 1/2 inches in every direction for a miss (sparse pattern outside that 10" center). Note how many people are posting pattern pictures where the center of their 10" patterns is several inches from a turkey's head or center of neck. I generally prefer a more uniform 20" pattern at 40 yds, which will still be consistently deadly at 45-plus with TSS #9. [/QUOTE]
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