Thought we were talking commercial TSS not best duck loads ,,,my mistake
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Thought we were talking commercial TSS not best duck loads ,,,my mistake
Yeah I’ll take blame for the sidetrack. Haha. Not a turkey hunter either unless I could shoot 5 or 6 in a morning and shoot’em flying.
I’m not a fan of the duplex loads. If I’m spending the money on TSS, I feel like I’m poisoning the load by adding steel to it. It works for a lot of guys, but I’ll never do it. Just don’t seem right to me to spend that kinda money on something as superior as TSS is in ballistic and energy performance and mixing it with something that’s extremely poor performing in both ballistics and killing as steel is.
It’s turkeys.........they need a thread with something of actual importance......
Apex also
Apex Ammo has them in 10, 12, 16, 20, 28 and 410 sizes. And by the pricing they have they are right proud of them.
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I looked at Apex earlier in the year. Then I realized an animal can only get so dead...
It didn't seem to me like they were capitalizing on the biggest attraction of TSS - the ability to shoot a much lighter shell, less recoil, with better performance. Their 12 GA turkey shells are still 3" and 3 1/2", shooting 2 1/2 oz. loads! I've already got concussion-inducing shells that kill them dead at 1/3 the price. The only reason I'd pay that money is to shoot a 2 3/4 shell with a lighter payload and keep the same effectiveness.
I agree with you, but guess there are plenty of folks who are in "more is better" category,,,,
I find it difficult not to keep trying out new ideas with TSS. My wife wonders what I'm doing when I sit at the loading bench for hours at a time messing with the calculator, components and notepad. And then to see what a new idea does at the range. And then it's like Christmas as I wait for the lab report on them. It's an amazing shot that you can do things with that just can't be done by other less dense shot. For example, in the 20 ga, I have loads from 9/16 oz to 2-1/8 oz. Each one all along that spectrum work well. It's amazing stuff to work with.
I looked at Apex earlier in the year. Then I realized an animal can only get so dead...
It didn't seem to me like they were capitalizing on the biggest attraction of TSS - the ability to shoot a much lighter shell, less recoil, with better performance. Their 12 GA turkey shells are still 3" and 3 1/2", shooting 2 1/2 oz. loads! I've already got concussion-inducing shells that kill them dead at 1/3 the price. The only reason I'd pay that money is to shoot a 2 3/4 shell with a lighter payload and keep the same effectiveness.
Even 3 1/2 inch in 2 and 1/2 oz load in that 9 shot enough pellets to make 3 adeq shells it is overkill
But here it is with 7-1/2s at 60 yds....
Does your wife realize you have a cult like following amongst rednecks and shotgun nerds?!?!?
Hal, have you tried any factory supplied chokes and tested as I have memtioned above