[larryours]

Feathermax, you will need to work up a good load for turkeys, back when CVA put out their first Trapper model shotguns, I ordered one, it had an improved choke. I ordered some over the shot cards, they were just a little larger than a nickel ($.05) but smaller than a quarter($.25) , back then it was hard to get wads and cards, I ended up making over shot wads(cards) from cardboard poster paper. And I read in an old book where earlier
settlers used hornets nests for wadding. Guess what it works better than some factory wadding.. If you can find any hornet nest, ( hopefully abandon) tear the nest up and make wadding out of the light gray material, pour in your powder, add you nest wadding then your shot , then over the shot card.
My .12 gauge Trapper shot #6's, with equal amount ( 1 1/4 oz) shot and FFFg blackpowder, Goex I killed several nice long beards over the years following, Two, one season a week apart. It's a great feeling to kill one with a blackpowder shotgun. Work up a good load and shoot at different distance, find your maximum range, remember your distance will be cut down , from a modern magnum shotgun, but heck the experience and the thrill is well worth it when you walk up to your first long beard.