BROWNING AMMO TSS TUNGSTEN TURKEY AMMO REVIEW

BROWNING AMMO TSS TUNGSTEN TURKEY AMMO REVIEW

Gobble! Gobble gobble gobble! Huddled around the tiny camcorder screen and cheering like a bunch of boys every time a gobble rang out, we waited breathlessly for the shot. The tom strutted, drummed, and pirouetted across the little screen, finally stopping to raise his head.

A group of us were hunting turkeys atop Idaho’s Kamas Prairie, where birds are plentiful and callable. All killed toms, and most killed two, filling both their Idaho turkey tags. It’s amazing; the enthusiasm and passion a silly gobbling bird can inspire in a bunch of hunters. We hashed and rehashed every story, every called-in bird, and every shot. And, universally, we remarked at how deadly the Browning 12-gauge TTS turkey loads were.

BROWNING AMMO TSS TUNGSTEN TURKEY AMMO REVIEW
The author approaches his North-Idaho turkey, dropped cleanly with one 12-gauge TSS load of 7s and 9s.

GOBBLER GETTING LOADS

Now, a dead turkey is a dead turkey, and no kind of shotshell can make a turkey even deader. What they can do, though, is kill them faster, and from a greater distance.

I’m no real turkey-hunting expert, having spent most of my hunting days in pursuit of bigger game. I’ve only harvested a handful of birds myself and guided other hunters to another 20 or so birds, so I don’t have a ton of kill shot experience to reference against. But I’ll say this much: the four turkeys I watched hit with the new TSS loads dropped like they’d been hit by a smoke-rolling steam locomotive. Many of them never even flopped, lying completely still before the sound of the shot stopped echoing off the nearby hills.

BROWNING AMMO TSS TUNGSTEN TURKEY AMMO REVIEW
One shot – one turkey. The TSS ammo proved devastating on birds.

DEADLY DETAILS

The TSS turkey ammo is loaded with tungsten shot, which is nearly 60-percent heavier than lead. That translates to more energy and impact at long turkey-range. It’s available in 410, 20, and 12 gauge iterations, and loaded with number seven shot, or number nine shot, or a blend of seven and nine shot. Details below.

BROWNING AMMO TSS TUNGSTEN TURKEY AMMO REVIEW
Three birds taken from one setup with the TSS loads.

On our hunt we used the 12-guage 3” 7&9, and 3.5” 7&9 loads, delivered via Browning Cynergy and Maxus shotguns. We killed turkeys from under 20 yards out to 60 yards, experiencing clean one-shot kills on every bird.

BROWNING AMMO TSS TUNGSTEN TURKEY AMMO REVIEW
The Author’s setup: Browning Cynergy Shotgun and TSS 12GA. 3” 7&9.
  Ounces Of Shot Velocity (FPS) Shot Size
12GA. 3” 7 1 ¾ oz. 1200 7
12GA. 3” 7&9 1 ¾ oz. 1200 7&9
12GA. 3.5” 7 2 ¼ oz. 1200 7
12GA. 3.5” 7&9 2 ¼ oz. 1200 7&9
20GA. 3” 7 1 ½ oz. 1200 7
20GA. 3” 7&9 1 ½ oz. 1200 7&9
410GA. 3” 9 13/16 oz. 1100 9

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About the author: Aram Von Benedikt Aram von Benedikt has spent his life in the remote wilderness and mountains of America’s west. He prefers the company of his horses, dogs, and rifles to that of his fellow humans, with the notable exception of his lovely wife and children, whom he thoroughly enjoys. He writes for various hunting and shooting publications on the subjects of backcountry hunting, fine shooting implements, and survival. This is for the purpose of putting food on the table and shoes on those lovely children’s feet, and because it is a way to pay forward the knowledge he has gleaned from years of living and hunting in wild places.

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