whats the balistics on a turkey round.

[1bigrn]

Im just wondering what the balistics on a 3.5" turkey load is like. I assume out to 50 yard it is probaly up or down an inch or so. But I could be wrong.

(I know it will spread out, just wondering how much drop one can expect).
Thansk,

 

[LondonDave]

Hard to say. That is why you have to pattern your gun/load before you hit the woods. They are all different.

Dave

 

[beretta boy]

As it leaves the barrel, the centre of a 12 ga. pattern is already +/- 5/8" below the line of site to start with. ( Height of rib + 1/2 of outside barrel diameter. As I know it, most ribbed shotgun barrels are built with a little "upsweep" ... to be able for a field gun, say, to print its pattern 50/50 above below line of sight at 40 yards. Many prefer their guns to shoot 60/40 in order not to have to "cover" their target, and Trap shooters in particular, often like something in the 70/30 to a full pattern high, depending on their preferred "sight picture" and shooting style.

As for Turkey (field) guns ... even with the tightest choked, heaviest payload 3-1/2" - 12 gauge shells ... an inch or even two of shot "drop" over 50 yards won't make one bit of difference whatsoever, and would be extremely difficult to measure.

 

[1bigrn]

thanks

thanks berretta boy. I appreciate your response.
The 1st respones,what can I say.

 

[Jeff Mulliken]

As short as the first response was, it was the most accurate. We can give you tons of generalizations (and baretta boys were all good) but they are not particularly helpful when you try to apply them to a specific gun.

The only way to know where your gun shoots, they way you mount it, they way your stock fits your frame etc is to shoot pattern sheets with it.

Your question would be the same as if you bought a new rifle and never sighted it in and felt you could be on target if you knew how much the bullet dropped at 200 yards. Let's say you knew it would be 3" low....but lower than what?

Shooting patterns with a shotgun is the same as sighting in a rifle with new sights/scope.

Jeff

 

[beretta boy]

As I saw the question, 1bigrn was asking about shotshell ballistics, not gun fit, point of aim or point of impact. But you are otherwise "dead right-on"
.... the only way to tell where your shotgun actually shoots is to pattern it - and you'd be surprised to find out how many actually think their shotgun "fits" when it doesn't ! My favourite expression : " gee, it really comes up nice " ... nw, what the #@&% does that mean ????