I drank the TSS koolaid

[Spurhunter]

Almost out of hevishot so I ordered 3 boxes of 3" 9 shot Federal TSS for my 12 gauge. Rogers has killer prices on Federal TSS right now.

 

[megalomaniac]

Honestly, not much reason to use TSS in the 12g, unless you want to step down to 2 3/4" shells. It's completely overkill... which you will see once you shoot your first patterning shot. OFC, in hunting, is there really such a thing as 'overkill' ?

 

[PalsPal]

in hunting, is there really such a thing as 'overkill' ?

Yep. How much deader than dead do you want him?

Now, one may be wanting to eliminate the flopping, so I guess there are degrees of deadness !

 

[DoubleBs]

I have drunk it as well. #9 shot, we will see what happens.

 

[Andy S.]

One beauty of TSS in 12G is not having to use an aftermarket choke. Load 1 5/8 - 2 ounces of #9 TSS up, install factory full choke and go hunting. You will be good to 45 yards all day long, and likely 50, without sacrificing anything up close.

 

[bjohnson]

If TSS is koolaid in the 20 gauge wouldn't it be hunch punch in the 12? I also made the swap this year in my 12.

 

[Andy S.]

1 5/8 ounces of TSS #9s (588 pellets) traveling at 1100+ fps is bad medicine, regardless of what gauge gun it comes out of.

 

[PalsPal]

I think I asked this last year, but how do you not have a breast full of itty, bitty pellets? Do most of them blow all the way through?

I'd worry about breaking a tooth.

 

[rbreedi1]

One beauty of TSS in 12G is not having to use an aftermarket choke. Load 1 5/8 - 2 ounces of #9 TSS up, install factory full choke and go hunting. You will be good to 45 yards all day long, and likely 50, without sacrificing anything up close.

Is TSS safe to use in regular full chokes? Would have thought it would have to be rated for steel/HTL.

 

[TN Larry]

I think I asked this last year, but how do you not have a breast full of itty, bitty pellets? Do most of them blow all the way through?

I'd worry about breaking a tooth.

I had very few pellets in the birds that we killed last year. I am assuming you don't get many strays on a good shot because the TSS pattern stays together very well. For the few pellets that were in the breast, all passed through.

 

[Spurhunter]

Honestly, not much reason to use TSS in the 12g, unless you want to step down to 2 3/4" shells. It's completely overkill... which you will see once you shoot your first patterning shot. OFC, in hunting, is there really such a thing as 'overkill' ?

If I ever build another gun it will be a 20. But for now I love my 870 with the Shurshot stock. I am stepping down from 3.5 inch Hevishot to 3" TSS. I figure the 3" TSS #9 will be a stone cold killer at 50 like the 3.5 inch Hevishot.

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[Spurhunter]

in hunting, is there really such a thing as 'overkill' ?

Yep. How much deader than dead do you want him?

Now, one may be wanting to eliminate the flopping, so I guess there are degrees of deadness !

I've gained a bunch of weight and can't do the flopping turkey sprint anymore. No flopping suits me fine. [emoji16]

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[Spurhunter]

I think I asked this last year, but how do you not have a breast full of itty, bitty pellets? Do most of them blow all the way through?

I'd worry about breaking a tooth.

Definitely a concern for me as well.

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[SKFOOTER]

They go all the way thru.

 

[Andy S.]

One beauty of TSS in 12G is not having to use an aftermarket choke. Load 1 5/8 - 2 ounces of #9 TSS up, install factory full choke and go hunting. You will be good to 45 yards all day long, and likely 50, without sacrificing anything up close.

Is TSS safe to use in regular full chokes? Would have thought it would have to be rated for steel/HTL.

Yes. I've shot TSS through flush full chokes in both Rem 870 12G and 20G, without any problems. I know of some who shoot it through full chokes religiously.

 

[Andy S.]

They go all the way thru.

......and TSS shot column does not spread open as fast over distance traveled, like lead.

 

[REN]

I've shot a truck load with TSS in the 5 years I've been loading them at a variety of ranges. Never had an issue with one in the breast

 

[Spurhunter]

I've shot a truck load with TSS in the 5 years I've been loading them at a variety of ranges. Never had an issue with one in the breast

I'm sure you are getting some shot in the breast. Does it pass completely through?

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[REN]

I've shot a truck load with TSS in the 5 years I've been loading them at a variety of ranges. Never had an issue with one in the breast

I'm sure you are getting some shot in the breast. Does it pass completely through?

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That's what I meant. Any I've seen hit the breast I never had to dig out. They just went right through.

 

[Spurhunter]

I've shot a truck load with TSS in the 5 years I've been loading them at a variety of ranges. Never had an issue with one in the breast

I'm sure you are getting some shot in the breast. Does it pass completely through?

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That's what I meant. Any I've seen hit the breast I never had to dig out. They just went right through.

Then that's another added benefit of TSS. No digging shot out of the breast hoping it doesn't get in the disposal!

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[PalsPal]

Then that's another added benefit of TSS. No digging shot out of the breast hoping it doesn't get in the disposal!

Yes it is.

 

[Roost 1]

Don't believe that.... I kno for a fact it will stay in the breast...Difference is you prolly wont see it like lead. #9s are very small.

 

[megalomaniac]

My son shot one last year at 30 yds with the 1000fps reduced recoil tss 9s... I cutted right before the shot to get him to raise his head, he gobbled instead, and the bird took the full load right where the neck meets the body. Most passed through the breast, but there were enough remaining which made the tops of the breasts tricky to eat with the pellets that remained.

You can def break a tooth with the tss shot, not all pass through...

No problems with our other 6 birds, but they were shot between the waddles and head

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[muddyboots]

I love my 12 in tss. Maybe overkill but I don't care. And I have not found any tss in the breast.