quigley257
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Good for you.tss in 28 is overkill for pheasants. we shoot busmith and hammer. Your money
Good for you.tss in 28 is overkill for pheasants. we shoot busmith and hammer. Your money
This guy has some amazing TSS information in his videos. This looks like it could be the Mac Daddy of all 28ga non-toxic loads. It's a 1-1/8oz Duplex of TSS with Bismuth. Fantastic patterns and killing power. Bullet225ho on YouTube. He develops and has loads pressure tested. Load data can be purchased on his website https://bullet225ho.com/
Check out the video about his new load here...
He probably changed it up a bit after that super dangerous load he got caught pushing. Figured he could have a lawsuit soon I recon. Put a foul taste in the mouths of everyone across multiple shotgun hunting forums. His posts barely get responses nowI've not heard any of this before. All his load data comes with printouts from BPI labs showing all velocity and pressure parameters.
Nice. That 28g load might be a little overkill. Roosters are huge and you dont need much more than 95 pellets in a 30" circle to have enough density. You can run 1/2-5/8 ounce and save some money. Nicer on the shoulder too. Its crazy what TSS makes the small bores do. I made some absurd long shots with 3/8 ounce TSS loads in my .410 last year.A follow-up report on the TSS loads. The 28 gauge duplex load of 5/8oz of #5 Bismuth over 1/2oz of #8 TSS is definitely a rooster killer! The loads patterned well and killed roosters well. I also loaded up some straight TSS 7/8oz loads for my 12 gauge using BPIs data. At 1625 FPS they are absolute hammers on pheasants. I shot one hard crossing rooster at a bit over 55 yards that looked like he was swatted out of the air with an invisible club! Pricey loads for sure, but the results can't be argued. TSS just flat out kills birds like no other non-toxic shot. Pictures of the trip are in the upland bird section... https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/surf-n-turf-2024.369355/#post-3201385
What kind of load data are you using? Is it published/pressure tested? I know some use #9 for ducks but the pellet count is insane with TSS even a 1/2 oz is over 175 pellets. I'm still learning this TSS stuff. The 7/8oz loads of #7 that I loaded for my 12ga absolutely hammer the roosters. I would be interested in trying some of the lighter payloads in the 28ga if I can find good data. 1/2oz of #8 would be 126 pellets. In the data that I got for the duplex load of Bismuth/TSS it is said that the Bismuth actually helps the TSS to open up quicker. I only patterned it at 35 yards but the results were very good when shot with an IC choke tube.Nice. That 28g load might be a little overkill. Roosters are huge and you dont need much more than 95 pellets in a 30" circle to have enough density. You can run 1/2-5/8 ounce and save some money. Nicer on the shoulder too. Its crazy what TSS makes the small bores do. I made some absurd long shots with 3/8 ounce TSS loads in my .410 last year.
I have a ton of tested data from myself and various friends. 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8, 1 ounce TSS in 28g. I used 9.5 TSS all last year out of my .410 in a 3/8 and 1/2 ounce load. Ive settled on #7 15g/cc in 12 and 20g, #8.5 18g/cc in 28 and #9.5 in .410What kind of load data are you using? Is it published/pressure tested? I know some use #9 for ducks but the pellet count is insane with TSS even a 1/2 oz is over 175 pellets. I'm still learning this TSS stuff. The 7/8oz loads of #7 that I loaded for my 12ga absolutely hammer the roosters. I would be interested in trying some of the lighter payloads in the 28ga if I can find good data. 1/2oz of #8 would be 126 pellets. In the data that I got for the duplex load of Bismuth/TSS it is said that the Bismuth actually helps the TSS to open up quicker. I only patterned it at 35 yards but the results were very good when shot with an IC choke tube.