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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 2277903" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Having the "same energy as the next shot bigger in lead" is a good rule of thumb, and probably "spot on" with the Winchester Extended Range loads, as their pellets are 10% heavier than lead. I've experienced very good pattern testing, penetration, and results on birds with the Winchester Extended Range loads. Never mind that most of my turkeys have been taken under 30 yards, and choice of shells (and/or guns) has seemed to matter very little at closer ranges.</p><p></p><p>But the "Hevi-13's" are supposed to be 20% heavier than lead.</p><p>The Federal "Heavyweights" supposed to be 30% heavier than lead.</p><p></p><p>In the case of the Federals, I believe <em>THEIR</em> #7's might penetrate deeper in a phone book at 40 yards than #5 lead pellets. Read quite a bit about this last year, just have forgotten the exact details. <u>The idea with the #7 Heavyweights is you're packing the per pellet wallop of #5 lead with a much denser pattern than you would get with a load #6's</u>!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 2277903, member: 1409"] Having the "same energy as the next shot bigger in lead" is a good rule of thumb, and probably "spot on" with the Winchester Extended Range loads, as their pellets are 10% heavier than lead. I've experienced very good pattern testing, penetration, and results on birds with the Winchester Extended Range loads. Never mind that most of my turkeys have been taken under 30 yards, and choice of shells (and/or guns) has seemed to matter very little at closer ranges. But the "Hevi-13's" are supposed to be 20% heavier than lead. The Federal "Heavyweights" supposed to be 30% heavier than lead. In the case of the Federals, I believe [i]THEIR[/i] #7's might penetrate deeper in a phone book at 40 yards than #5 lead pellets. Read quite a bit about this last year, just have forgotten the exact details. [u]The idea with the #7 Heavyweights is you're packing the per pellet wallop of #5 lead with a much denser pattern than you would get with a load #6's[/u]! [/QUOTE]
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