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Working on a turkey load

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Rusticbob:
I live in Vermont also and cannot wait to try and get a Tom with my first ever flintlock. It’s a 14ga short barrel Fowler. Bought from a local member. Has a judged choke and throws a wicked tight pattern at 25 yards. Shooting 80gr FFG and a 1 3/4 shot load. The problem has been finding shot. Someone gave me a small bag of 7 1/2 shot, and I was able to buy about 5 lbs of #5 from another turkey Hunter. I am taking my grandsons out scouting for turkeys today.
Here is a picture from a legitimate 25 yards.

smylee grouch:
O KAY O KAY, nice shot pattern and nice looking gun.  ;)

Daryl:
Rustic Bob - there are only 4 killing hits out of that 1 3/4oz. shot charge, at a mere 25 yards. That's a LOT of shot
and not a good number of hits, imho.  I would work on that load combination a bit more. With only 80gr. and huge
shot charge, the vel. would also be fairly low imho.

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