Lol. Im glad my 590 A 1 has that ridiculous thick heavy barrel. I suspect the turkey gun has a lot more recoil.

I have been using a browning bps 10. I have a lot of ammo and don't want to switch yet but I like the post. It would be much lighter carrying my 20ga....

I like my Kicks gobbling thunder choke in my beretta 3901 with winchester supreme #5's

No one in my family has used any shotgun larger than a 20g to take a turkey. Granted thats a total of 6 for the boys one was with a bow and only a few I have killed ove rthe years. So maybe 8 total all killed with a 20.


They are a lot lighter and thiner than the 12s we have. I sure would not feel under guned with your 10. I have sot 50 bmg and 338 lapua but never had the opportunity to shoot a 10g. Talk about a goose gun and especially nice for snow geese nuisance hunts.

They'll all pattern differently, and the ammo will also affect it.

I have a Jebs in my 12Ga and actually shoot a discontinued pheasant load because it patterend the best. I tried a Sumtoy and it just didn't do as well, but I had one in my previous gun. I spend a ridiculous amount of time sighting in my turkey gun(s) and figuring out the optimal ammo and choke. Incidentally, a friend has the exact same gun, same choke and it shoots very differently than mine. Moral of that story is you should always check your own gun with your own equipment.

I never had a “turkey tube “ for my Benelli SBE 2. I shoot through a regular full choke tube. With a 3.5 TSS 2.5 oz load of #9s, you’ll kill any turkey at 55 yards.

The down side to turkey chokes are the super tight patterns at close ranges. You can miss a bird at close range because you’re shooting a softball sized ( or smaller pattern.

Without a doubt, the hardest I have ever been but in my life was my 835;and some Nitro ammo. I think that stuff was 2 7/16 oz. Or something equally insane

I’ll never shoot an 835 again. Their claim to fame was that they were the first to chamber the 3.5 “ loads.

I don’t know the design flaw, but it has the worst felt recoil I’ve ever experienced.