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BuckyIsAB****
03-10-2019, 10:09 PM
Anybody shooting these? I got some 3 inch 5s and 6s Im going to try this year. I would get that Tungsten TSS but it is 30 dollars a box for 5 shells. It shoots a hell of a pattern but it aint worth 60 dollars for 10 shells. And any of yall heard any? Seen any? Took a youngin out and knocked one down? Im so excited friday cant come fast enough
SapperDawg
03-11-2019, 12:50 PM
They are great shells. Here is the load testing I did with them a few years ago:

https://www.elitedawgs.com/showthread.php?28779-Turkey-Load-Testing-FEB-2015&highlight=turkey+load

Rained here all weekend, so I am going in blind on Saturday morning.
BuckyIsAB****
03-11-2019, 01:17 PM
They are great shells. Here is the load testing I did with them a few years ago:

https://www.elitedawgs.com/showthread.php?28779-Turkey-Load-Testing-FEB-2015&highlight=turkey+load

Rained here all weekend, so I am going in blind on Saturday morning.

Thanks man that is pretty impressive
chainedup_Dawg
03-11-2019, 03:58 PM
I shoot the 3 1/2" #6 out of my 870 with a super full factory remington choke. Right now it gives me a pattern that'll kill turkeys out to 50/55 yards. I'm gonna try the Carlson's Longbeard XR choke eventually with a .660 construction just not in a hurry
BuckyIsAB****
03-11-2019, 10:26 PM
I shoot the 3 1/2" #6 out of my 870 with a super full factory remington choke. Right now it gives me a pattern that'll kill turkeys out to 50/55 yards. I'm gonna try the Carlson's Longbeard XR choke eventually with a .660 construction just not in a hurry

I've got a Mossberg 835 Ulti Mag with an Accu Mag factory choke I shot the shells the other day and liked it. I was just wondering what anyone else thought. I know someone who is shooting the Tungsten shells and he patterned his at 60 yards with a rangefinder and that pattern was hellacious
chainedup_Dawg
03-12-2019, 10:50 AM
Yeah, that TSS is bad news but like you i dont see the point in paying $10 or more per shell when $2 per shell will give me dead turkey all day out to 55/60 yards. Lord, if I ever take a shot out to 60 it'll be something I wont be proud of and will focus even harder on my calling, i definitely wont be bragging about it
BuckyIsAB****
03-13-2019, 11:59 AM
Yeah, that TSS is bad news but like you i dont see the point in paying $10 or more per shell when $2 per shell will give me dead turkey all day out to 55/60 yards. Lord, if I ever take a shot out to 60 it'll be something I wont be proud of and will focus even harder on my calling, i definitely wont be bragging about it

It just doesnt seem ethical to me
chainedup_Dawg
03-14-2019, 11:43 AM
Same here...that and I plan on handing my gun down to my boy when the time comes. While 870 barrels aren't expensive to replace, I dont want him to have to worry about it and I'm not sure of the long term effects of tungsten
Howboutdemdogs
03-18-2019, 07:20 AM
Bucky, I am shooting the same gun; Mossburg Utili Mag 835. I have been for 30 years. I went to the TSS 3-1/2” #9. At 60 yards, the pattern on a 5 in circle is so tight. The choke is a factory extra full turkey choke. I feel very confident with this gun, shell, and choke combo.
BuckyIsAB****
03-26-2019, 10:59 PM
Bucky, I am shooting the same gun; Mossburg Utili Mag 835. I have been for 30 years. I went to the TSS 3-1/2” #9. At 60 yards, the pattern on a 5 in circle is so tight. The choke is a factory extra full turkey choke. I feel very confident with this gun, shell, and choke combo.

How bad does yours kick haha