Muzzleloader Shotgun For Turkey Hunt'n

[henbox]

Looking into buying a shotgun for turkey Pedersoli ? Single , Double , 10 , 12 guage ?

A friend of mine told me to go with the 10 , because really not that much difference. And if I decided to use for other types of hunting.

I do know that I DO NOT want screw in chokes ,he also mentioned to stay away from straight full choke as they would be harder to load.

I'm a novice at muzzleloading but addicted to hunt'n turkeys. Can anyone recommend types , brands of shotguns and if I would be OK with straight improved cylinder and modified barrels.

Any help is greatly appreaciated

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When the dogwood flower is as big as squirrel's ears, the turkeys are gobbl'n.

 

i wouldnt go with a 10 , it would be way over kill , heavy and the cost of RB for other types of game would kill ya . now for a production gun the Pedersoli double with screw in choks is a good shooter . a friend has one and for turkeys at 30 yards it will role them.
dont get cought up in the full modified eas of loading deal, its all in the mind.

 

[shmrck1]

Stay with the 12.Pedersoli is a fine choice. stay single
it's not very often you will get two shots, but it does
happen.
I am snake-eyes

 

[oneshot]

If you can find a 12Ga. Double like my CVA here,both Barrels Modified.I haven't used it on Turkeys yet but seems to work fine.

oneshot 1

 

The 10 is fine you can allways load down for smaller game ,I used a 11/4 oz for rabbits and squrriels with 5-6 shot. and 1/3/8-11/2 oz. for turkey. The Pedersoli 10ga. is fine and not over kill . A 10ga. blk.powder = a modern 12ga.

 

Got one grouse with the 10ga. loaded with 11/4oz. of 7.5 shot. Not all shot up and plenty of eating with only a few bb,s. Up north in Canada grouse are easy ,but in Ohio whew walk 5 miles and flush 4 birds on a good day of spoil bank muti-rose prickers climbing.

 

[casey4469]

I like the CVA single shot trapper. Not to expensive and easy to carry. Missed a gobbler with mine though after working on loads all day........LOL, but it has been the most fun I had hunting. I will never use a modern shotgun to hunt turkeys again, maybe someday upgrade to a double barrel, but I will have to see.

Casey4469

 

[BrownBear]

I shot a double 12 muzzleloader for years, using it for everything including ducks till steel shot came along, and I traded it off for something or other. Been thinking about getting back into it with bismuth shot. If I did and if I wanted only one gun to do it all, then the double 10 would be my first choice. Buying two, I'd still get the double 10, but with a double 20 to go beside it.

 

[Hoyt]

If I had it to do over again I would have skipped the percussion and gone straight to flintlock to use on gobblers. I used my 12ga. T/C on this gobbler http://www.hunt101.com/img/127589.jpg last season and all I can think of is getting flintlocks now. Been trying to make up my mind on which one I'm going to build or buy since last April.

 

I have a double 10 Pedersoli, BTW, it's for sale, email [email protected]. Patterns extremely well with #6 & #5 shot and even better if you add buffer to a 1-5/8 ounce load. 12 to 18 pellets in the head and neck at 40 yds every time both barrels. Fixed full on left barrel is no more difficult to load than the cylinder bore right barrel, twist the OP card a bit and she pops right in and slides down w/o a problem.

Several people asked about using lighter loads in the 10 so I tried them. All were shot at 35 yds. 1 ounce in 8, 7.5 and 6 all shoot very well using equal powder/shot. 1-1/8 ounce was no different. 1-1/4 ounce only shot 7.5 and 6 but both shot excellent using slightly less powder than shot. Increasing powder charges slightly opens the patterns at a much closer range and would make for a super grouse load.

The full choke barrel will shoot a little tighter than the cylinder bore but w/o printing the pattern on paper, I doubt you'd know the difference.