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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 12 ga Mossberg pattern pictures => Topic started by: SgtUSMC on March 06, 2014, 09:39:12 AM

Title: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: SgtUSMC on March 06, 2014, 09:39:12 AM
Decided to take a crack at handloading.  Picked up some ITX Turkey Trauma 13cc 6 shot off of a member here last year.  This is a pic of a 1 7/8 oz load, and the 1 3/4 loads weren't far off from these numbers.

What do you think of this pattern?  The Sumtoy is throwing around 200 in the 10" and a little over 300 in the 20" pretty consistently

Anybody else loading any ITX?



Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: ericjames on March 06, 2014, 09:41:19 AM
Looks great!
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: honker22 on March 06, 2014, 10:26:46 AM
I'd take 200/300 ALL day long!  More than enough at 40 and should be forgiving as they get in closer.  Well done, handloading sure can be fun  :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: darn2ten on March 06, 2014, 02:08:12 PM
That's real nice!
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: remmy1187 on March 06, 2014, 07:00:51 PM
Looks good, I would be quite happy with 200ish with only 1 3/4 oz of 13 gram 6's.  I barely got that with Hevi 3/2/6's.
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: surehuntsalot on March 07, 2014, 06:12:33 PM
works for me
fine looking pattern
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: tomstopper on March 07, 2014, 07:23:26 PM
That will work. Semper Fi......
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: chatterbox on March 07, 2014, 07:25:11 PM
Wicked pattern!!!!!!! :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: SgtUSMC on March 09, 2014, 12:00:24 PM
Thank you everybody.  I get this weird feeling of satisfaction from taking an animal with a homade shell, bullet or an arrow I fletched and sharpened myself.   

Its more like an addiction really, Something to do in the off season to get my hunting "fix" so I don't go crazy.    I loaded up some predator loads using size F lead and it is wicked! 

Thanks Sumtoy and Semper Fi to you Tomstopper
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: owlhoot on March 09, 2014, 12:45:56 PM
That with wreck some heads and break some beaks, you ready    :toothy9:
Nice work
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: hookedspur on March 09, 2014, 01:05:38 PM
 :icon_thumright: DRT
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: Grunt-N-Gobble on March 11, 2014, 11:44:32 PM
Thats a nice pattern there.

While I haven't tried the ITX shot, I have loaded regular Hevishot and the RSI #6's .  The Hevishot in 1 3/4oz did about the same as your ITX.  As for the RSI shot, I'm still working with it.  It's done OK, but only OK.
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: BandedSpur on March 12, 2014, 08:48:13 AM
Great looking pattern, especially given the density of those pellets. They have a considerable penetration advantage on HS.
Title: Re: Handload ITX TT 6/Sumtoy choked 835/20 inch barrel
Post by: drum817 on March 12, 2014, 09:57:48 AM
Looks GREAT to me!!!  :icon_thumright: