Pattern-Gauging for Turkey

Swampstalker · December 30, 2011, 03:01 PM

Howdy, Foax! I’d like to palaver with anyone who’s had experience with the Lockhart Shotgun Pattern Gauge (http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm....-patterns.html). (No, Old Son, I know you know how to pattern a turkey gun and are anxious to share your knowledge, but that’s not what we’re after here.) Briefly, I understand that, in the same manner that the Law assumes the existence of a “reasonable and prudent man,” the LSPG assumes the existence of an “all-around shotgunner” who will proof the choke of his 2 3/4” 12 ga. using a “middle” load selection of a 1 1/8 oz. load of No. 6 shot. My question is simply, what relevance has this to patterning a 2 3/4” 12 ga. turkey gun using Hevi-Shot? If one simply uses the LSPG and a “middle” load to confirm his choke and identify possible defects in the barrel, does this information carry over in any meaningful way when we start talkin’ turkey?

Thanx ‘n best regards, Walt

jrothWA · December 30, 2011, 05:58 PM

have used the turkey head target commercially available. Buy one pack then save one for copying on 11x17 paper.

Use trap loads to get you on target, then switch to turkey loads to see what give you best density @ 40 yds, with what shot, ( 2, 4, or 6's)

Takes a while but worth it.

What shotgun? Have a 500 with 24" barrel and tubes that handles nice for being undercover.

December 30, 2011, 03:01 PM	#1
Swampstalker Junior Member Join Date: December 30, 2011 Posts: 7	Pattern-Gauging for Turkey Howdy, Foax! I’d like to palaver with anyone who’s had experience with the Lockhart Shotgun Pattern Gauge (http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm....-patterns.html). (No, Old Son, I know you know how to pattern a turkey gun and are anxious to share your knowledge, but that’s not what we’re after here.) Briefly, I understand that, in the same manner that the Law assumes the existence of a “reasonable and prudent man,” the LSPG assumes the existence of an “all-around shotgunner” who will proof the choke of his 2 3/4” 12 ga. using a “middle” load selection of a 1 1/8 oz. load of No. 6 shot. My question is simply, what relevance has this to patterning a 2 3/4” 12 ga. turkey gun using Hevi-Shot? If one simply uses the LSPG and a “middle” load to confirm his choke and identify possible defects in the barrel, does this information carry over in any meaningful way when we start talkin’ turkey? Thanx ‘n best regards, Walt

December 30, 2011, 05:58 PM	#2
jrothWA Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2006 Posts: 2,519	Eening Walt, Haven't used that but... have used the turkey head target commercially available. Buy one pack then save one for copying on 11x17 paper. Use trap loads to get you on target, then switch to turkey loads to see what give you best density @ 40 yds, with what shot, ( 2, 4, or 6's) Takes a while but worth it. What shotgun? Have a 500 with 24" barrel and tubes that handles nice for being undercover.