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Fabs is right about the Steel T being the best size to use on Geese. When guiding I mostly used the larger sizes. My job after I got the geese in range was to make sure any birds hit?crippled did not get away. Quite often they were getting out there a ways. That is why I used a 10 ga a fair amount. It threw the large shot better and more of 'em. Never modified the 10 ga bore much. Lengthened the forcing cone some and on a couple of the Ithaca 10's I did a Two step choke. Couldn't do that on the Remington 10 as the choke was too short..but I did get a couple of longer choke tubes I did a little work on for the Remmy. One I got shooting really good with BBB size. It was almost as good as T shot. Surprisingly... That choke shot good patterns out to about 60 yds then just seemed to give up the ghost. Never saw that happen with lead shot. The steel really sucks. That is why I use Hevi or Bismuth. I know it is expensive, as does Fabs, but we both agree Hevi shot is as good as or better than lead. Way way way better than steel. I also observed some things about steel that many don't. It really gets blown badly by the wind. I shot some patterns in a 30-40 MPH wind with BBB and it blew more than 2 ft from point of aim at 40 yds. In the gusts as much as 3 1/2 ft and the patterns really degraded badly too. Shooting steel in the wind is an almost futile exercise...unless shooting directly downwind. Steel also seems to be really inconsistent in patterns...so don't always believe what your eyes tell ya. If you can use lead for the turkeys. Or if not that then get some Hevi or one of the new loads using the same material from Federal or Winchester. Supposed to be better than Hevi-shot