Got the new .62cal Virginia's Turkey Load dialed in today..

[roundball]

Today was the first shot I've fired since deer hunting during the early November rut...got my Turkey load dialed in now, averages several pellets through the skull & neck vertebrae at 30 yards.

80grn measure Goex 3F
2 - 11/16" prelubed Duro-Felt wads
1 Circle Fly OS card
120grn measure of hard #6s
2 Circle Fly OS cards

Spring season is right around the corner...just need a longbeard to cooperate.
:wink:

 

[Skychief]

:thumbsup:

Oh yea....come on Spring!

:wink:

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: Way to go.Can't wait for this weather to give us a break so i can get out with mine.Haven't shot it since buying it.62/20 smooth bore.Griz

 

[bowkill]

Hey roundball why the two felt wads and 2 over powder cards. I an about to get my shotgun together and work up some loads before turkey season.

 

[roundball]

Why the two felt wads

Two 1/8" prelubed wads are only half the size and weight of a full 1/2" cushion wad and gives me a tighter pattern and more lube.

Why 2 over powder cards.

I assume you meant 2 "over shot" cards?
I just like using 2 OS cards over the shot as added insurance that the shot charge will stay put during the handling, walking, etc.

 

[bowkill]

ok thanks..

 

[ny griz]

:hmm: Food for thought,thank's RB.Griz

 

[BillinOregon]

RB: How's about some eye candy? A photo of your Virginia smoothie lying across your patterning sheet? We all know you own some of the loveliest guns on this site!
Bill

 

[shootemup]

Sounds good. :thumbsup:

 

[mbokie]

So ml turkey hunting is very doable.

I'm into doing this.

Probably won't get to it this year, but 2012 seems quite possible.

 

[KHickam]

Yep, it can be done - these dropped within about a minute of each other (or however, long it took me to reload)

 

[mbokie]

I've got to give this a go.

What's that you're shootin'?


What's in it?

 

[roundball]

So ml turkey hunting is very doable.

Depending on where you hunt, rifles are usually not allowed for turkey hunting, forcing the choice to be smoothbores and shot loads for head/neck shots.

Turkey hunting is really tailor made for muzzleloaders...you basically have a close, stationary target so the muzzleloader itself is hardly a second thought...all the effort in turkey hunting, whether using a modern shotgun or a muzzleloader, is getting one in range undetected to take the shot.

 

[mbokie]

That's how it is here. Shotguns only. Close shots.

I want to get a a handle on what I'll have to spend and what I should be looking to get.

 

[KHickam]

Early VA 50 cal with a 120 grs FFFg and a .480 rb.

But, back in the 90s I did it with a TOTW Tulle Fusil de chasse with 90 grs of FFg and 1 1/8 oz of 6s using standard circle fly over powder, lubed cushion and over shot wad.

 

[mbokie]

Looked at a Brown Bess. Pricey. think I'll keep looking.

 

[Dave K]

There is no question in my mind. Ml'ers and turkey is like summer and ice cream. They just go perfect together. Thanksgiving is proof about ml'ers and turkey. :grin:

 

[roundball]

That's how it is here. Shotguns only. Close shots.

I want to get a a handle on what I'll have to spend and what I should be looking to get.

For a starting point that usually doesn't require a second mortgage, a used T/C Hawken (or Renegade) stock assembly and a GM .62cal drop-in smoothbore barrel is a darn good combo in the $400-$500 range depending on condition, and if TC's new style lock...have taken my few turkeys with that barrel in a Hawken stock...hope to Christen the new .62cal Virginia this spring.

Or look around for some used long guns in the $1100+ range, or new ones even higher, and of course if you start tacking on carvings, engraving, inlays, etc...well, you know...

 

[mbokie]

They wanted $1120 for the brown Bess. It was fairly ornate.

But I think I like your other suggestions better. For now, at least. I could do something in that range fairly soon.

Now, let me ask a rookie question: should I avoid rifling?

 

[roundball]

Now, let me ask a rookie question: should I avoid rifling?

Oh yes...just imagine that you're buying a modern Remington .20ga shotgun.
But instead of a Remington smoothbore barrel, its a Green Mountain smoothbore barrel...especially made as a "drop-in" barrel for a T/C Hawken or Renegade stock.