Crow#21957
50 Cal.
I had one and wish I had kept it.would like to build another but concerned about patte r n being to open. No round balls just a gun for squirrels out to 30 to 35 yards. Is that to much to expect? Thanks
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rich pierce
70 Cal.
Yes, 35 yards is too much to expect from a cylinder bore in my experience. Your best bet is a percussion double with choke.
Brokennock
Cannon
You could get a jug choked barrel or have a jug choke put in a barrel. This and some load fiddling will most likely get you 20 yards and might get you 30 yards. 35 yards? Mmmm,,,, probably not.
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
You can kill turkey out to 50 yards with a proper jug choke.
The very best I can get out of my cylinder bore for squirrels is 25 yards max. I had one jug choked by Danny Caywood and frankly did not see much, if any, pattern improvement.
If I were building a choked fowling piece strictly for shot the barrel would be the Turkey Choke barrel from Colerain.
That said, I have been very delinquent in trying the "Skychief Load" (see sticky in the hunting forum or the smoothbore forum).
If I were building a choked fowling piece strictly for shot the barrel would be the Turkey Choke barrel from Colerain.
That said, I have been very delinquent in trying the "Skychief Load" (see sticky in the hunting forum or the smoothbore forum).
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
Obviously Caywood doesn't know how to jug choke. I have made jugged 20 bore fowlers that would keep all of 1 1/4oz shot in an 18"circle @ 25 yards. My jugged10 bore guns will kill turkeys at 50 yards.
You can bust up clay pigeons on the fly at 30 + yards or so with a cylinder bored .62 Fusil. Should do with a turkey in the grass. If you know how to shoot.
Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
Here's a big turkey gun I built that will kill at 50 yards. 38" 10 bore rice barrel with a full jug by Lowell Tennyson. It will take a turkey head OFF at 25 yards.
