Re: Building a turkey gun.
[Re: Law Dog]
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My nephew shoots a Mossberg pump with the factory choke it throws the best pattern I have seen yet. It kicks him like a mule but his patter is unreal. I put a Carlson ported choke on mine it’s a impressive if not a amazing pattern almost fist like. I shot into some tall grass with it at a level angle and it cut a trench the size of a fist the went for 10-12 feet across the ground.
For now I’m thinking of porting the barrel, securing the rear sight better, reducing the trigger pull and removing the slack and will go from there.
Keep the ideas coming.
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
[Re: Law Dog]
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05/20/20 04:53 PM
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Nice.My versa max is still in about 15 to 20 feet of water.
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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Nice.My versa max is still in about 15 to 20 feet of water. Pretty expensive boat anchor.
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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I’ll watch the gun sites for a barrel, one will pop up. I already sent the trigger group to Bill Springfield in CO to get worked but the barrel will go to Wilbanks for the rest of the work.
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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05/20/20 05:10 PM
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Nice.My versa max is still in about 15 to 20 feet of water. buy one of those fishing magnets and get that sucker back
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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05/20/20 05:33 PM
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Have tried a lot of different types of guns, optics, barrels and chokes over the years but now I plan to build what I want just to see where it goes. I have a Remington Versa Max now that I really like but the trigger pull is that of a cheap derringer at 7-8 pounds. I added a Carlson turkey tube to the VM that throws a very tight pattern but free hand it’s tough to keep on target now with the heavy amount of trigger pull.
Just sent the trigger group to CO to get worked it sounds like they can take out the creep and cut the pounds of pull by 40-50% for $60. Briley makes a upgrade that could reduce it even more but it’s a target upgrade not sure it can take the pounding of a 3.5 turkey load over time the cost is $275.00 but they use my trigger group to do it, not wild about that. Might look into a 2nd trigger group.
Now that it shoots like a rifle almost I need better sights for it I added a Tru-Glo rear site that works well but they could be bumped when moving from set up to set up. Thinking about having a gunsmith add a screw or two to fix that issue for peace of mind.
Eyeballed a turkey barrel 22 inch to replace my 28 inch I have now but that’s $450 alone and needs to be camo dipped to match the rest of the gun so that is a $500-$600 barrel upgrade I’m to cheap for that. I cannot cut down my 28 inch barrel I’d lose the pro bore benefits of it then.
What have you guys done to your guns to make the turkey killers?
You guys kill me. All you need to do is put in one good shot shell. My first spring bird, 1972. A cheap Browning trap gun with a trap load got it done. No fancy gun needed just don't shoot until they are in range.
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
[Re: Law Dog]
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05/20/20 06:38 PM
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What kind of car you drive I need to get one? LOL
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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Have tried a lot of different types of guns, optics, barrels and chokes over the years but now I plan to build what I want just to see where it goes. I have a Remington Versa Max now that I really like but the trigger pull is that of a cheap derringer at 7-8 pounds. I added a Carlson turkey tube to the VM that throws a very tight pattern but free hand it’s tough to keep on target now with the heavy amount of trigger pull.
Just sent the trigger group to CO to get worked it sounds like they can take out the creep and cut the pounds of pull by 40-50% for $60. Briley makes a upgrade that could reduce it even more but it’s a target upgrade not sure it can take the pounding of a 3.5 turkey load over time the cost is $275.00 but they use my trigger group to do it, not wild about that. Might look into a 2nd trigger group.
Now that it shoots like a rifle almost I need better sights for it I added a Tru-Glo rear site that works well but they could be bumped when moving from set up to set up. Thinking about having a gunsmith add a screw or two to fix that issue for peace of mind.
Eyeballed a turkey barrel 22 inch to replace my 28 inch I have now but that’s $450 alone and needs to be camo dipped to match the rest of the gun so that is a $500-$600 barrel upgrade I’m to cheap for that. I cannot cut down my 28 inch barrel I’d lose the pro bore benefits of it then.
What have you guys done to your guns to make the turkey killers?
You guys kill me. All you need to do is put in one good shot shell. My first spring bird, 1972. A cheap Browning trap gun with a trap load got it done. No fancy gun needed just don't shoot until they are in range. man 72 is a ways back. how many birds you killed?
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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05/21/20 08:51 AM
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I just shoot straight !!!! And you wear a white hat. LOL
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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05/21/20 12:48 PM
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Agree with a lot of what you said warrior many things are a personal choice or a custom handed down or taught to a person. A 2 3/4 will do the job about every time and the difference between a 3 and 3 1/2 really makes little difference in the end. Just like building your own vehicle a guy puts into it what he wants really.
If your shooting a shotgun like a rifle things can be done to Improve your shooting as nobody wants shot in their meat, I know I don’t. LOL I just put a Carlson choke on mine and the difference between a clean kill and a complete miss is inches. Pulling off target just a tad will get you the same as if you did it with a rifle hitting low destroys a lot of meat it’s a game of inches today.
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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05/21/20 04:07 PM
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I screwed a full choke into the loud end of my 870. Does that count ??
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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05/21/20 05:15 PM
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Nice.My versa max is still in about 15 to 20 feet of water. Pretty expensive boat anchor. Yep.....lol but at least I'm still here.
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Re: Building a turkey gun.
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05/21/20 05:16 PM
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Nice.My versa max is still in about 15 to 20 feet of water. buy one of those fishing magnets and get that sucker back Already tryed that
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