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<blockquote data-quote="Apostolic Outdoors" data-source="post: 5602686" data-attributes="member: 22582"><p>Lots of take-aways today. The biggest one, as I have never actually put a range finder to my turkety targets, I usually just pattern them where I'm comfortable shooting from, who in the cornbread world is shooting turkeys at 50+ yards? Good Lord! I shot at 40 today and don't know if I want to shoot <em>that</em> far. I want to enjoy the game from a little closer than half a football field, just sayin'!! I never knew how far that was until I ranged it today. No dig on you if you shoot that far. To each his own! I just want to feel his drum in my chest and look him in the eye before I pull the trigger.</p><p></p><p>But I digress………</p><p></p><p>Here are some other takeaways.</p><p></p><p>I really, really, REALLY, dislike the trigger on my Benelli Nova. Very hard, long pull. Gonna have to order a different spring for it. Had to do that in my Stoeger 12 gauge also.</p><p></p><p>The TriStar had a factory full choke in it. Did awful as far as patterns go. A friend of mine has a Jebs extra full .385 in his TriStar. I'm going to have to get me one before using it for turkeys. It works great for clay pigeons.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174461[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I went and pulled out my Stevens 301 and it did much better! I don't plan on hunting with .410 this year but I have some kids I am trying to get into the hunt.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174475[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174476[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Another thing I wasn't impressed with were the Remington TSS in .410 or the Winchester Double X. Check out these wads.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174462[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I have a Pinhoti choke in my Benelli and it shot well, once I pulled the trigger back far enough. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤨" title="Face with raised eyebrow :face_with_raised_eyebrow:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f928.png" data-shortname=":face_with_raised_eyebrow:" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174463[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174464[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Those were with the Federal Premium 3RD Degree. The lead didn't do as well as I would have liked.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174466[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Winchester Double X</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]174468[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Remington Premier Magnum Turkey</p><p></p><p>All in all I had a good day shooting. Cost me @ $100, but I'm so glad I took the time to make sure what I'm slingin' down range.</p><p></p><p>I leave tomorrow afternoon for my 3 day quota hunt in south GA. Hopefully I'll post some pictures Monday morning. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😬" title="Grimacing face :grimacing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png" data-shortname=":grimacing:" /></p><p></p><p>Hope everyone has their best season yet! Only a week to go!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Apostolic Outdoors, post: 5602686, member: 22582"] Lots of take-aways today. The biggest one, as I have never actually put a range finder to my turkety targets, I usually just pattern them where I’m comfortable shooting from, who in the cornbread world is shooting turkeys at 50+ yards? Good Lord! I shot at 40 today and don’t know if I want to shoot [I]that[/I] far. I want to enjoy the game from a little closer than half a football field, just sayin’!! I never knew how far that was until I ranged it today. No dig on you if you shoot that far. To each his own! I just want to feel his drum in my chest and look him in the eye before I pull the trigger. But I digress……… Here are some other takeaways. I really, really, REALLY, dislike the trigger on my Benelli Nova. Very hard, long pull. Gonna have to order a different spring for it. Had to do that in my Stoeger 12 gauge also. The TriStar had a factory full choke in it. Did awful as far as patterns go. A friend of mine has a Jebs extra full .385 in his TriStar. I’m going to have to get me one before using it for turkeys. It works great for clay pigeons. [ATTACH type="full" alt="64064327-E8BD-4140-8AF3-D53B4E49A497.jpeg"]174461[/ATTACH] I went and pulled out my Stevens 301 and it did much better! I don’t plan on hunting with .410 this year but I have some kids I am trying to get into the hunt. [ATTACH type="full" alt="E4A1EB1F-8DCF-4D29-9199-E0EEE461B703.jpeg"]174475[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="A0A9B5A8-DB9F-462E-AFEA-556BDA4E0225.jpeg"]174476[/ATTACH] Another thing I wasn’t impressed with were the Remington TSS in .410 or the Winchester Double X. Check out these wads. [ATTACH type="full" alt="8E34786A-4131-4DAF-9B9A-1AF510B40B8F.jpeg"]174462[/ATTACH] I have a Pinhoti choke in my Benelli and it shot well, once I pulled the trigger back far enough. 🤨 [ATTACH type="full" alt="4FB5487B-A22A-4A02-9627-FD1A042CE47D.jpeg"]174463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="788EFCE7-AF96-470B-B5E2-E276C38E68C7.jpeg"]174464[/ATTACH] Those were with the Federal Premium 3RD Degree. The lead didn't do as well as I would have liked. [ATTACH type="full" alt="5DEB7E03-E1A9-4740-9268-EEE3CD82FE7E.jpeg"]174466[/ATTACH] Winchester Double X [ATTACH type="full" alt="371F9DF3-E986-46B6-9D0A-56933006B70B.jpeg"]174468[/ATTACH] Remington Premier Magnum Turkey All in all I had a good day shooting. Cost me @ $100, but I’m so glad I took the time to make sure what I’m slingin’ down range. I leave tomorrow afternoon for my 3 day quota hunt in south GA. Hopefully I’ll post some pictures Monday morning. 😬 Hope everyone has their best season yet! Only a week to go!! [/QUOTE]
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