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I have a Remington 835 super mag with a red dot scope. With 3 1/2 inch shells I've killed turkeys out to 65 yards.
I have a Remington 835 super mag with a red dot scope. With 3 1/2 inch shells I've killed turkeys out to 65 yards.
You mean Mossberg 835 or Rem 870?
My apologies, I meant rem 870. Thanks for catching my typo
I use to use my 12ga 3.5" 870 with a 26" barrel that I bought for duck hunting. I love that gun. However, I always wanted a dedicated turkey gun. For this, I bought a 20ga 3" 870 with a 21" barrel. I'm feeding it 1 5/8oz of #9 TSS. I'm getting roughly 300 pellets in a 10" circle at 40 yards.
Getting about 340 pellets in my 12ga 3.5" 2.5oz load of #7.5 size shot.
I'm doing same thing....but I put a kicklite collapsible stock and vortex venom on mine....weighs 5.8lbs and collapses down to 39". With the advances in todays turkey loads...no need for a 12ga in a dedicated turkey gun nowadays
Don't get me wrong, I still prefer my 3.5" 12ga. There's no comparison to the way it crushes turkeys compared to the 20ga.
If you call in a turkey close a .410 works too.
Been there, done that.
Did you hit them over the head with it, as you better have him in dang close and be right on the button to either cut his head off or miss him with that pipsqueak of a gun! I have a Model 1200 Winchester that I bought in 1967 with a smooth slug barrel that is real short and a 28" barrel that has a modified choke. When I really got into turkey hunting back in the 90s and wasn't using the gun for deer hunting any longer I had the slug barrel threaded and bought a Carlson turkey choke for it. Along with that I had the regular rear sight taken off and replaced with a bigger one with orange for better vision. It's just a 2 3/4" chamber, but with the Winchester turkey loads in #5 or #6 shot it will easily kill a bird at 40-45 yards every time.
Did you hit them over the head with it, as you better have him in dang close and be right on the button to either cut his head off or miss him with that pipsqueak of a gun! I have a Model 1200 Winchester that I bought in 1967 with a smooth slug barrel that is real short and a 28" barrel that has a modified choke. When I really got into turkey hunting back in the 90s and wasn't using the gun for deer hunting any longer I had the slug barrel threaded and bought a Carlson turkey choke for it. Along with that I had the regular rear sight taken off and replaced with a bigger one with orange for better vision. It's just a 2 3/4" chamber, but with the Winchester turkey loads in #5 or #6 shot it will easily kill a bird at 40-45 yards every time.
With the new TSS shot 410 shooters are getting 40 yd patterns that are better than many 12ga's .... 160-180+ hits in the 10". Tungsten has brought turkey hunting legitimacy to the .410