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Re: Turkey Hunting

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:05 pm
by OH Osthaus
Mills

do your lowcountry turkeys have webbed feet??? :D

Re: Turkey Hunting

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:31 am
by Mills
It makes you wonder. If I shoot one, I will let you know what kind of feet they have. :D

I went out twice this weekend and heard several gobblers each time. They locked up as soon as we got set up, so it will have to wait til next weekend.

Re: Turkey Hunting

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:14 pm
by FoxintheHenHouse
vaturkey wrote:I think one of the more interesting shells out there right now is the Winchester Long Beard in 2 3/4" with 1 1/4 oz of number 5 shot. One of the nice things about the long beard shell is they use a rolled crimp. Be interesting to see what the pressures are (which no body will probably ever know) because the load only cooks out at 1050 FPS. I think that would an interesting load to try out of full choked Fox.
Actually, the 2 3/4" Long Beard XR shotshell (product symbol STLB125) steps out at 1300 fps, not 1050 Fps, which would produce increased pressure compared to RST loads of 1 1/4 oz. Only the max shot load for the 3 1/2" (2 1/8 oz) & 3" (1 7/8 oz) shell clock at 1050 fps.

http://www.winchester.com/Products/shot ... LB125.aspx

FoxintheHenHouse

Re: Turkey Hunting

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:36 am
by vaturkey
I had read somewhere it was the lower speed. Yes way too much for our guns. I have stayed with the RST. The Longbeard might be a helluva shell for a superfox, but too much for anything else.