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Originally Posted by id10t
Here in Florida it is all game with MLs for 2 weeks before general gun. Florida allows rifles for turkey but I have seen a big tom take a .40 180gr XTP from a ML at 1800fps and run off - so headshots only
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With all of the hunting I have done, I have never actually hunted turkey. I have heard they are pretty darn tough, though, with shotgunners looking for the tightest possible patterns with very heavy shot, like #2's minimum. And head shots only.
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Originally Posted by id10t
My friend has a Pedersoli and while we can get workable patters at 30-35 yards the barrels are badly regulated so aiming at a incoming tom isnt really possible, buddy got a TK2000 instead . Said Pedersoli is for sale relatively cheap
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Interesting. Mine is marked as "Dixie Gun Works, Union City Tennessee", but it was clearly made by Pedersoli. Both barrels pattern at the same place at 30 yards.
Interestingly, my double rifle is made by Pedersoli and marked as such. It shares many parts with my shotgun, including locks, triggers, tang, butt plate, etc. It's a .72 caliber (12 bore) round ball shooter (owing to its rather slow 1:144" twist). Its regulated at 50 yards, and does a very good job of printing both barrels together at that range with the right load. That load is 150 grains of Swiss 1 1/2 Fg under a .715" round ball with a pillow ticking patch lubed with Goop (yes, the hand cleaner we all grew up with).
This is a typical 50 yard target, showing a ten shot group alternating right and left barrels. About as well regulated as they get. I once range tested a Best Quality Holland and Holland double rifle in .577 Nitro Express that would not group like this.
Here is the rifle. The similarities to my shotgun are obvious. The barrels are much, much heavier though, bringing total weight to over 12 pounds. Thank God the shotgun is only about eight.
