smoothbore 28 gauge turkey pattern pictures

[sonny]

say!!!.......anybody out there have pictures of turkey shotgun patterns with there 28 gauge smoothies.I would also love to see what kind of special loads your using for a starter up idea......gotta get my spring turkey with my flintlock smoothie 28 gauge....just gotta.....sonny

[bob in the woods]

I had a 28 and loved it. It was great for partridge, and patterned well beyond what you would expect for so small a bore. I sold it, of course!  Later, built one for my wife. She still has it.
Long story short..I don't think that the 28 makes a great turkey gun.  I use my 10, but would make do with a 20. If the 28 is all you've got, pattern it on paper before you take it hunting. Mine worked OK with up to 3/4 oz of #6 shot mixed with 71/2  . That was a heavy load.

[Buzzard]

My 28ga load is almost identical to roundballs load!

[sonny]

geez.......if the 28gauge shoots that tight at 25 yrds with that much ooph! why would you need a 12 or 10 bore?I realize if a little is good then a lot is better but would that be the case back in revolutionary times when it seemed that they were careful with powder an lead?......sonny

[Daryl]

geez.......if the 28gauge shoots that tight at 25 yrds with that much ooph! why would you need a 12 or 10 bore?I realize if a little is good then a lot is better but would that be the case back in revolutionary times when it seemed that they were careful with powder an lead?......sonny

Indeed - who could stand up to the recoil of an equivalent load? - perhaps 3 oz in the 10 bore?