GA Swampstalker

Howdy, Foax! I’d like to palaver with anyone who’s had experience with the Lockhart Shotgun Pattern Gauge (http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm.shotgun-patterns.html). (No, Old Son, I know you know how to pattern a turkey gun and are anxious to share your knowledge, but that’s not what we’re after here.) Briefly, I understand that, in the same manner that the Law assumes the existence of a “reasonable and prudent man,” the LSPG assumes the existence of an “all-around shotgunner” who will proof the choke of his 2 3/4” 12 ga. using a “middle” load selection of a 1 1/8 oz. load of No. 6 shot. My question is simply, what relevance has this to patterning a 2 3/4” 12 ga. turkey gun using Hevi-Shot? If one simply uses the LSPG and a “middle” load to confirm his choke and identify possible defects in the barrel, does this information carry over in any meaningful way when we start talkin’ turkey?

Thanx ‘n best regards, Walt