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<blockquote data-quote="MickThompson" data-source="post: 4862761" data-attributes="member: 3172"><p>Could a single #6 kill a turkey? Sure if it hits the right spot, but all any of us were pointing out is that shotgun hunting is a game of probability and the probability of a kill is a function of how many imprecisely flung pellets we can put in the immediate vicinity of a turkey's central nervous system. Your odds are simply slimmer with a 20 gauge- every pellet is an opportunity for a lethal strike and there are ~71% as many in a 1.25 oz load as in a 1.75 oz load. You usually run out of pattern before you run out of killing power with lead loads. Knowing the pattern runs out at 25 vs 45 yards is pretty important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MickThompson, post: 4862761, member: 3172"] Could a single #6 kill a turkey? Sure if it hits the right spot, but all any of us were pointing out is that shotgun hunting is a game of probability and the probability of a kill is a function of how many imprecisely flung pellets we can put in the immediate vicinity of a turkey’s central nervous system. Your odds are simply slimmer with a 20 gauge- every pellet is an opportunity for a lethal strike and there are ~71% as many in a 1.25 oz load as in a 1.75 oz load. You usually run out of pattern before you run out of killing power with lead loads. Knowing the pattern runs out at 25 vs 45 yards is pretty important. [/QUOTE]
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