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I'm thinking you might be off. get a couple of pizza boxed and place behind your target. Looks like to me your sights are off.


Try the Remington Premier Shells in a #5, they are only like $15 for 10 and that is the best i've seen for me.

I shoot a Nova with a Mad Maxx choke....
 
Thanks guys! I'm glad there are still folks out there nice enough to help a fella out. Not knowing a lot about turkey hunting, I thought I was good to go.

I think my next step will be to double check my sighting. Any suggestions on how to make adjustments?
 
drrxnupe said:
I think my next step will be to double check my sighting. Any suggestions on how to make adjustments?
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If all you have is a front bead, you need to get some adjustable fiber optic sights, scope, etc. Something so that you know where you are aiming with every shot.

Then, like others mentioned, your pattern may be hitting high for where you are aiming. You will know by finding where the greatest concentration of pellets is hitting in a 10" circle. It may be high/right, low/left, etc. You just have to determine that.

You will want to adjust the sights/scope so to have that area now covering where you are aiming.

Once that is done, now see how many pellets you are putting in the kill zone of a target.
 
I dont have fiber optic sights on my gun. My gun actually hits just a hair to the left. So, when I'm shooting at a bird I hold it a hair to the right of his neck. I've been doing this for over ten years with the gun and stacked a many of em graveyard dead.

The way to tell exactly where your gun is hitting is shoot it at about 10 steps with some light loads ( to save the arm and the wallet). It will blow a big hole and you can see right where its hitting. I'd adjust it there if you have the sights to adjust, or if your like me, you know where to hold so that the gun will pattern the best. Afterwards, shoot it down range at 20, 30, 40, ect. to see how it patterns down the range.
 
bvoss said:
I dont have fiber optic sights on my gun. My gun actually hits just a hair to the left. So, when I'm shooting at a bird I hold it a hair to the right of his neck. I've been doing this for over ten years with the gun and stacked a many of em graveyard dead.

The way to tell exactly where your gun is hitting is shoot it at about 10 steps with some light loads ( to save the arm and the wallet). It will blow a big hole and you can see right where its hitting. I'd adjust it there if you have the sights to adjust, or if your like me, you know where to hold so that the gun will pattern the best. Afterwards, shoot it down range at 20, 30, 40, ect. to see how it patterns down the range.
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I see you live in Nashville. I may be going to Cheatam next Thursday to shoot a couple more times. Glad to meet you there if I go and try to help.
 
go_okfishin said:
I see you live in Nashville. I may be going to Cheatam next Thursday to shoot a couple more times. Glad to meet you there if I go and try to help.
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Thanks for the invite. I wish I could take you up on that but I can't get off work.
 
drrxnupe said:
Thanks guys! I'm glad there are still folks out there nice enough to help a fella out. Not knowing a lot about turkey hunting, I thought I was good to go.

I think my next step will be to double check my sighting. Any suggestions on how to make adjustments?
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You've got some good advice here,. the only thing that i will add is if the gun was purchased used,.. clean the barrel til its clean before you shoot at targets. Another thing,.. if you just turned that choke in by hand,.. before you shoot every time make sure that choke is tight in the barrel. If you are going to shoot at turkey targets,. don't aim at the head directly,.. aim middle ways of the neck. Thats the only things i will add,.. except step up to better shells such as winchester x-tended range, hevi 13's, or nitro's for 40 yards plus shots. If not,.. rely on your calling to get them to 30!!
 
One other thing you might try when adjusting your POA/POI is to tighten the magazine cap as tight as you can by hand. Then use a piece of leather or something similar and a pair of pliers and tighten the cap 2-3 more clicks. Sometimes this will help.....
 
deerchaser007 said:
drrxnupe said:
Thanks guys! I'm glad there are still folks out there nice enough to help a fella out. Not knowing a lot about turkey hunting, I thought I was good to go.

I think my next step will be to double check my sighting. Any suggestions on how to make adjustments?
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You've got some good advice here,. the only thing that i will add is if the gun was purchased used,.. clean the barrel til its clean before you shoot at targets. Another thing,.. if you just turned that choke in by hand,.. before you shoot every time make sure that choke is tight in the barrel. If you are going to shoot at turkey targets,. don't aim at the head directly,.. aim middle ways of the neck. Thats the only things i will add,.. except step up to better shells such as winchester x-tended range, hevi 13's, or nitro's for 40 yards plus shots. If not,.. rely on your calling to get them to 30!!
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Thanks for the advice on aiming. I was aiming pretty much directly at the head which may be the reason for the high shot.
 
drrxnupe said:
Thanks for the advice on aiming. I was aiming pretty much directly at the head which may be the reason for the high shot.
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I like to aim for right where the feathers stop on his neck..... then if he moves his head one way or the other he is still in my pattern circle....
 
Grizzly Johnson said:
drrxnupe said:
Thanks for the advice on aiming. I was aiming pretty much directly at the head which may be the reason for the high shot.
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I like to aim for right where the feathers stop on his neck..... then if he moves his head one way or the other he is still in my pattern circle....
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yep
 
Thirty yards with Comp n choke and winchester supreme number 5s
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