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Help with set up.

Unread postby monster6 » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:48 pm

Hello there fellas. I have been hunting for turkeys for the last 3 years with my bow and no luck. I'm planning to bring out the shot gun thiis year but have no clue of what choke/shell to use. Does any of you guys have any preferences on what's your combo? I have a Remington model 870, if that helps.

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Unread postby Brad » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:55 pm

I have used an 870 before and it liked a cheap star dot choke in extra full the best, but even then it didnt pattern great. I got fed up with it and bought a mossburg 500 and she is twice she turkey gun the 870 was, I shoot a winchester supreme 3" 2 ounce load of #6's with a simmons prodiamond scope and a primos jelly head choke tube (super full I think) and i have killed out to 50-55 yards with ease, though I don't like to shoot any farther than 40 unless I have too. Some guns shoot better farther out, some are better in close, but for non heavy shot thats pushing it because the 6 shot loses a lot of velocity and power at that range. It was in a cut cornfield and I did not realise it was that far or I would not have shot, but it did do the job (with the help of my trusty snug lok :mrgreen: ).

Try different chokes and load combo's, my dad has an 870 that loves 5's and 6's with a remington factory turkey choke in extra full and it has killed a boat load of turkeys at all ranges.
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Unread postby PLB » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:59 pm

I shoot a Remington 870 pump. I use Federal number 5 shot turkey loads with an undertaker choke. That's all I've used since 2002 with no problems. I would try various load and choke combos and see what patterns best out of your gun..

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Unread postby gogebicbuckslayer » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:00 pm

I shoot a mossburg tactical 535 with x factor turkey choke, its a x-x-full .670. Then I run Remington nitro turkey 3.5 inch loads. Its a 26 inch barrel which I like for manuverability. She will dirt-nap turkeys up to 70 yards if needed with this combo. Only thing is that combo really barks when you touch her off so hold on LOL.

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Unread postby PLB » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:01 pm

3 inch also. Sorry...

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Unread postby gogebicbuckslayer » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:06 pm

I have also had good luck with federal premium loads in 2oz 6 shot 3.5

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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:39 pm

monster6 wrote:Hello there fellas. I have been hunting for turkeys for the last 3 years with my bow and no luck. I'm planning to bring out the shot gun thiis year but have no clue of what choke/shell to use. Does any of you guys have any preferences on what's your combo? I have a Remington model 870, if that helps.

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Ive used, full, super full, modified. Used many different 3" and 3 1/2" shell from 4 to 6 shot, federal, win, rem. When I take a youth I give'em my 16 ga. single with 2 3/4" 6 shot (just a high brass game load). They all work, my nephew dumped one in its tracks with the 16 ga recipe at 40 yds. Got a friend in the UP said he shot one with a 12 ga using low brass 2 3/4" 6 shot at 70 yds.

My prefered load is 3 1/2" 12 ga H&R single shot with a TK II choke (think its super full) I throw a volleyball pattern around 60 yds and it's deadly. Kicks on both ends

They all work, Have fun trying some different loads. Shootem and eatem
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Unread postby dirt nap giver » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:12 pm

gogebicbuckslayer wrote:I shoot a mossburg tactical 535 with x factor turkey choke, its a x-x-full .670. Then I run Remington nitro turkey 3.5 inch loads. Its a 26 inch barrel which I like for manuverability. She will dirt-nap turkeys up to 70 yards if needed with this combo. Only thing is that combo really barks when you touch her off so hold on LOL.

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Holy crap dude! Bark isn't the word for it.
I thought I was bad using an Ithica model 87 featherlite with a supper full and a 3" magnum!

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Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:13 pm

Uncle Lou wrote:
monster6 wrote:Hello there fellas. I have been hunting for turkeys for the last 3 years with my bow and no luck. I'm planning to bring out the shot gun thiis year but have no clue of what choke/shell to use. Does any of you guys have any preferences on what's your combo? I have a Remington model 870, if that helps.

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Ive used, full, super full, modified. Used many different 3" and 3 1/2" shell from 4 to 6 shot, federal, win, rem. When I take a youth I give'em my 16 ga. single with 2 3/4" 6 shot (just a high brass game load). They all work, my nephew dumped one in its tracks with the 16 ga recipe at 40 yds. Got a friend in the UP said he shot one with a 12 ga using low brass 2 3/4" 6 shot at 70 yds.

My prefered load is 3 1/2" 12 ga H&R single shot with a TK II choke (think its super full) I throw a volleyball pattern around 60 yds and it's deadly. Kicks on both ends

They all work, Have fun trying some different loads. Shootem and eatem



You are a glutton for punishment ..........3.5 inch shells with a single shot......ouch :lol:

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Unread postby trdtnlbwhntr » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:35 pm

Remington 1100 with a 30" Hastings wadlock barrel tipped with a .665 hastings choke tube.

The 1100 will only shoot 2 3/4" shells and I have found the Kent Ultimate Turkey load is what this gun loves to shoot. Its has tru-glo open sights on it and can easily kill them at 50 yards all day long.

Last year that mixture killed 8 turkeys in the spring.
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Unread postby BigHunt » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:36 pm

ive been personally been turkey hunting for 14 years know and have learned alot about ammo and what shoots good and what dosent out of "MY" turkey guns. i have a 12 gauge mossberg 835 3 1/2 inch mag...
also a 12 gauge 870 express mag 3 inch
and then a 20 gauge 870 express 3 inch
i believe the smaller the bb the better the patterning of the shot. #5 and up...# 4s pattern like dirt! all over the place. i use a extra full choke or extreme full choke.....that really reaches out there and pokes them with the right load for your gun . these past three years ive been hooked on hevi-shot. the ammo is deadly with proven results out to ridiculous ranges along with the hevi-shot choke! the loads i get are mixed loads with #5#6#7 BBs i also shoot the #6s.... lease loads pattern great out to 50 yards plus. one of the birds i shot last year was at 53 yards! here are some paper targets from sighting in with hevi-shot
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Unread postby Brad » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:41 pm

BigHunt wrote:ive been personally been turkey hunting for 14 years know and have learned alot about ammo and what shoots good and what dosent out of "MY" turkey guns. i have a 12 gauge mossberg 835 3 1/2 inch mag...
also a 12 gauge 870 express mag 3 inch
and then a 20 gauge 870 express 3 inch
i believe the smaller the bb the better the patterning of the shot. #5 and up...# 4s pattern like dirt! all over the place. i use a extra full choke or extreme full choke.....that really reaches out there and pokes them with the right load for your gun . these past three years ive been hooked on hevi-shot. the ammo is deadly with proven results out to ridiculous ranges along with the hevi-shot choke! the loads i get are mixed loads with #5#6#7 BBs i also shoot the #6s.... lease loads pattern great out to 50 yards plus. one of the birds i shot last year was at 53 yards! here are some paper targets from sighting in with hevi-shot
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If I decide to take the shotgun out this year I am gonna try some heavyshot and their tube. That pattern is absolutely devastating, looks about like throwing a string trimmer out there at them, they have no chance.
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Unread postby robert richer » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:31 am

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Stick with a bow.....just kidding...
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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:31 am

Jackson Marsh wrote:
Uncle Lou wrote:
monster6 wrote:My prefered load is 3 1/2" 12 ga H&R single shot with a TK II choke (think its super full) I throw a volleyball pattern around 60 yds and it's deadly. Kicks on both ends

They all work, Have fun trying some different loads. Shootem and eatem



You are a glutton for punishment ..........3.5 inch shells with a single shot......ouch :lol:

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No kidding, you remember this one, I just came across it deep in photobucket looking for something else.

I was caught out of position with a bird to far left and couldn't move after I got the gun right on my right bicep. I knew it was going to hurt but pulled the trigger regardless. But even though I suffered a bruise, I got to show it off and proudly say "you shoulda seen the other guy" which of course was the tom that I pollaxed at about 50yds. The pic was taken the day of the shot, it grew abit and turned green and black. Image
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Unread postby dan » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:05 am

Your lucky you didn't break your arm lou... My older brother Pete took a bet and fired both barrels of an old antique double barrel shotgun at once and dislocated his shoulder.


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