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Hevi shot #7 or magnum blends?
Hevi shot #7 or magnum blends?
Started by drakekilla12, April 06, 2011, 11:48:54 PM
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drakekilla12
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Hevi shot #7 or magnum blends?
April 06, 2011, 11:48:54 PM
I shot SBE II with jellyhead choke in 3" 2 oz in magnum blends and #7.
#7's: 266 in 10" cirlce and 83 in kill zone
MB: 191 in 10" circle and 59 in kill zone
Will 7's hit as hard as MB or should I stick with MB?
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Re: Hevi shot #7 or magnum blends?
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April 07, 2011, 12:10:51 AM
I'd go with the #7's. Will they hit as hard as MB? Some of the pellets will (the #7's), but that would be irrelevant at 40 yards.
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April 07, 2011, 12:48:57 AM
What would my chances be at 55 to 60 yrds? If I had the pellet count would the knock down power be good enough to cleanly kill a gobbler?
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Re: Hevi shot #7 or magnum blends?
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April 07, 2011, 12:49:40 AM
What jellyhead? .660 or .665?
The way I look at it is the 7's wil hit hard enough and there will be more of them.
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April 07, 2011, 01:30:30 AM
I'd vote for 7's as they have been proven to kill beyond 40 yards. The longest I have witnessed is 46, my longest is only about 18.
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April 07, 2011, 05:22:56 AM
I would go with the 7s .
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April 07, 2011, 01:25:37 PM
60 yards seems like a stretch even for 7's. I know it's probably possible. But you begin to tip that ethical kill line. I think most would agree that the range for turkeys has long been established at 40, now with the hevi 7s, modern guns and chokes you can easily kill at 50...
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April 07, 2011, 01:30:36 PM
I don't think it matters for shots in the 40 - 45 yard range whether you use one or the other. I've killed gobblers with 7's in my 20 ga. and Mag Blends in the 12 ga. but because of a denser pattern with 7's in my 12 ga. I'll be using the 7's this year.
If I had a dollar for every gobbler I thought I fooled I'd be well off!
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#8
April 07, 2011, 01:38:55 PM
You have plenty of energy to kill to 60, but make sure your patterns hold true. Of those 2 choices, I'd shoot the 7s. My choice would be to sacrifice some numbers and shoot 6s.
drakekilla12
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April 08, 2011, 03:20:44 PM
It's a .660 jellyhead. The way I see it if I get 20+ more pellets with 7's than I think it would hit harder than MB bc that shell is mostly composed of 7's anyways
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April 08, 2011, 07:31:12 PM
I vote 7's
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