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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265087
05/15/21 06:36 PM
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Serious question Jbyrd as I am new at this and trying to learn...is the first pic a good pattern at 20 yds? I have been lead to believe from my research that that pattern would be good at 40 yds and like the poster above noted, much tighter at 20.
I honestly have no idea what to expect beyond the stuff I see on YouTube. I am willing to listen to everyone's opinions and eager to become a better turkey hunter.


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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265101
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Same gun and choke at 28 yards this might answer that question.

28 yd
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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265107
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Thanks Lawdog...what I take from that is that there is definitely room for improvement from my gun, but I know that it will kill a turkey inside 30 LOL.
I wish I had more opportunities to just shoot, but really, my options are practice or hunt... doing one removes my opportunity to do the other on any given day. We are so busy at my job right now that it is challenging to get out even on a Saturday.


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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265117
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The best pattern I have ever seen was my Nephews Mossberg combo pump with the factory full choke it fills the target with a lot of evenly spaced pellets it’s just amazing.


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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265165
05/15/21 08:14 PM
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Its pretty well known TSS doesn’t really like tight chokes.

Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: M.Magis] #7265183
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[Linked Image]

Here is a 20 yard pattern for my sons 20 ga. It’s just a little to the right.

Here is the 42 yard pattern, best place to shoot from the bench.
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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: matt] #7265185
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That is with a primos tight wad .570. I have an Indian cheek .555 to test in it, but have not gotten to try it yet. This was with Federal TSS # 9. Have have tried some of the 3rd degree and while better than some others, not overly impressed with it.


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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265241
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3rd degree is built to cover a wide range of distances so it loses some of it pattern down range so they say basically in the description.


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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265810
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I wasn’t knocking the pattern itself, just the distance. As long as you don’t shoot past 30 you should be good. Unfortunately I know very few people that can actually judge distance accurately when turkey hunting, myself included. My issue is open areas or fields where I don’t have a reference. I really really misjudged this year on my second bird. The bird was dead, but I do not like shooting that distance and if he had been in the woods and outside of what I ranged or my determined range, then I would have passed the shot.

Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265817
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I haven't taken issue with anything anyone has said here wannabe, I assume everyone is trying to help.
My opinion is the same as yours, it would be a great pattern at 40 yds...at 20, maybe not.
I have fount that this shotgun just doesn't seem to perform well with turkey loads. I've tried factory full, factory x-full and now the Truglo choke all with a variety of ammo and the best results I've ever gotten are above.
I have to believe that you can get much better performance out of a turkey set-up than what I have gotten so far.
The answer may be a dedicated turkey gun for next season or perhaps a second barrel for this old workhorse


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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265822
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I took a Remington youth 870 20ga and had a custom choke made for shooting Hevi13 #7’s at the time and it throws a real great pattern with 3” #9’s or 8.5’s TSS. I take my turkey hunting very seriously and want to know if I screw up on distance then I still have a dead bird after the boom. I pride myself on ethical shots but this year shows I still screw up from time to time. Still resulted in a dead bird, but it still bothers me.

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Re: TSS through a truglo gobblestopper choke... [Re: slydogx] #7265824
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I also put a Burris FastFire III on it and that really helps. Doesn’t matter if I hold it sideways or upside down, if that red dot is on the target, then it’s a dead bird.

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