28 gauge/54cal for turkey

[sonny]

wondering...........has anybody have any luck with hunting turkeys with a 28 gauge smoothie?I have a 44"/getz on my smoothie an wondered what load would be recommended for spring turkey......love to hear stories of this combo huntin'them.................sonny

[Canyonrun]

In my state 20 gauge is the lightest that’s legal for turkey but as you can see in my attach photo of my grand son with 50 cal. smoothie Loaded with # 4 does quite well at 25 yards can’t remember the exact load getting to old too remember those thing I just play with the load until it pattern good at 25 yards. Aiming for the neck the turkey hit the ground like a ton of bricks several pellets in the head, neck, broken legs and yes I did bite down on one pellet eating breast meat. I’m sure the serious turkey hunters on this forum can give you gauge and load data that been proven to work well for turkeys but on the ranch we used what handy.
Lyle

[roundball]

wondering...........has anybody have any luck with hunting turkeys with a 28 gauge smoothie?I have a 44"/getz on my smoothie an wondered what load would be recommended for spring turkey......love to hear stories of this combo huntin'them.................sonny

Not A 44"...but a 15/16" x 33" thick walled, strong, octagon Green Mountain Flint barrel... .54cal smoothbore / cylinder bore:
 
TURKEY LOAD
 
70grns Goex 3F
2 Oxyoke wads (or 1/2 of a Circle Fly lubed cushion wad)
100grns (1+3/8oz) #6 hard magnum lead shot or #7.5’s nickel plated shot
Circle Fly overshot card
Consistent Turkey head killing coverage pattern to 22-23yds