Turkey load for a 28 gauge (56 cal) ???

[MTplainsman]

Hi folks! This may have been already discussed on this forum many times before and I apologize if I am asking a repetitive question here...

...I am headed South to District 7 in Montana for Spring Gobbler and I will be taking my Ken Netting Type G Trade Gun in 56 cal with a 45" barrel. I will be starting to work up a load for this gun every moment our weather permits here up until April 15th. This may not leave me with a pile of time to come up with a proper load for the hunt, so I am looking for a wee bit of a "short cut" in gaining advice on where to start. I have a VERY LARGE stock of #5 shot and FFF powder at my disposal, but I could buy other components for this project if it be best. What do you got for me me? Where should I start? Thank you my friends, Joel

 

[planefixer da50]

62gr 3f tea spoon cornmeal 28ga shotcup 1 1/8th 0z #6 shot. they dont flop far.

 

[planefixer da50]

1/2" cushon wad soaked olive oil on top of shot

 

[IanH]

.550" patched round ball. Don't miss.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

I'm a beginner in smoothbores but my 58 caliber patterns pretty well at 21 yards with 50 grains 3F Goex, a 1/8" card wad, a 1/2" cushion wad soaked in 2 parts lard 1 part beeswax, 1 or 1 1/8 oz #5 shot and a thin card wad on top.
I'm going to use it on a javelina hunt in a couple of weeks with a 562 round ball and a .011 patch and the same 50 grain charge.

 

[Ponderosaman]

It’s not a traditional load and there are definitely folks on here that would not choose to hunt with it, but you can see this fellows hunt with the equivalent of a 20 gauge. It could be the short cut you are looking for.

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...g-gobbler-62-cal-smoothbore-flintlock.143978/

 

[Wawyasto]

50 grains 2F and 1oz #5 using Skychief's loading method gives me the best patterns in my 24 ga trade gun.

If Kansas ever reopens it's turkey season again I might get to use it

 

[mnmuzzleloader]

I wasn't aware that Kansas closed it's turkey season.

 

[10 Ga.]

Kansas spring season is open with one tag per hunter for most of the state. They did close the fall season though.

I would recommend patterning the five top choices you find on a large piece of paper. You might be surprised what is best. A big piece of paper is quite cheap (https://www.homedepot.com/p/TRIMACO-Easy-Mask-2-9-ft-x-140-ft-Builder-s-Paper-35140/202040749)

-10Ga

 

[Rob M.]

60-65 gr. powder , 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 oz. #4 shot

 

[Zutt-man]

50 grains 2F and 1oz #5 using Skychief's loading method gives me the best patterns in my 24 ga trade gun.

If Kansas ever reopens it's turkey season again I might get to use it

the spring season never changed. They did, however, reduce the bag limit and switched the nonresident system to a draw

 

[Zutt-man]

Hi folks! This may have been already discussed on this forum many times before and I apologize if I am asking a repetitive question here...

...I am headed South to District 7 in Montana for Spring Gobbler and I will be taking my Ken Netting Type G Trade Gun in 56 cal with a 45" barrel. I will be starting to work up a load for this gun every moment our weather permits here up until April 15th. This may not leave me with a pile of time to come up with a proper load for the hunt, so I am looking for a wee bit of a "short cut" in gaining advice on where to start. I have a VERY LARGE stock of #5 shot and FFF powder at my disposal, but I could buy other components for this project if it be best. What do you got for me me? Where should I start? Thank you my friends, Joel

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/shot-patterns.160172/

Let us know what you end up going with!

 

[Blackpowderart]

I don't know about the charges but for my 10 Guage I use the vm Starr method 2
ffg swiss powder, 4 thin over shot cards, shot, 2 thin over shot cards worked great. In a couple weeks I'm gonna try something I saw capandball use ... powder, scoop of cornmeal( the same scoop as the shot) , shot, over shot card. He said for percussion guns you pick a shot charge you want and use 3/4 powder of the shot charge volume. For flintlock you use equal volume shot and powder

 

[Wawyasto]

the spring season never changed. They did, however, reduce the bag limit and switched the nonresident system to a draw

They've got 2 months to screw it up and I wouldn't put it past them to do just that

 

[TCMonts]

Try some 28G plastic shot cups. Powder, op card wad, well lubed felt wad, shot cup, shot, os card and if you want try a Skycheif wad on top.