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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5051417" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Until a couple years ago,<em> about ALL</em> I used for turkey hunting was the "old" Federal Heavyweights in #7. Those particular #7's are much "heavier" than Hevi-13 turkey loads. I've seen them shoot completely thru a large Tom's breast at 46 yds.</p><p>Awesome shells!</p><p></p><p>Other than true TSS, nothing else even comes close to the turkey-killing ability of those "old" Federal HW's.</p><p></p><p>As to recoil, I believe the 3 1/2" 12 ga has 1 7/8 oz payload, so it's recoil is not as bad as some 3" turkey loads carrying a 2 oz payload.</p><p></p><p>I had a few #6's in the "old" Federal HW loads as well.</p><p>Today, I'm mainly using #9 TSS as the chambered load, but have a 2nd if needed round being those left-over #7 or #6 "old" versions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5051417, member: 1409"] Until a couple years ago,[I] about ALL[/I] I used for turkey hunting was the "old" Federal Heavyweights in #7. Those particular #7's are much "heavier" than Hevi-13 turkey loads. I've seen them shoot completely thru a large Tom's breast at 46 yds. Awesome shells! Other than true TSS, nothing else even comes close to the turkey-killing ability of those "old" Federal HW's. As to recoil, I believe the 3 1/2" 12 ga has 1 7/8 oz payload, so it's recoil is not as bad as some 3" turkey loads carrying a 2 oz payload. I had a few #6's in the "old" Federal HW loads as well. Today, I'm mainly using #9 TSS as the chambered load, but have a 2nd if needed round being those left-over #7 or #6 "old" versions. [/QUOTE]
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