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Best Turkey Gun?
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>bject: Re: Best Turkey Gun?
I have a Mossberg 500 12ga. with an extra full choke. It has a 2.5x scope. It is wet around here in May so I don’t mind taking it out and getting it soaked. It shoots well. I have got 4 turkeys in the spring in the last two seasons. Never a problem with it. I would not want to put a 4 or 500.00 gun through what this one has been through. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>Why wouldn’t a small caliber, tack driving rifle like a .222 Remington >or even a .22 Hornet make a pretty good turkey gun ? I know turkeys >have the ability to dissappear like a puff of smoke if they "bust" you. >So even more than deer hunters you’d be shooting a undisturbed game. > Bill Van Houten (USA Ret) > "No matter how hard you try, you can’t throw a potato chip very far." >"Linus" >Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
in California for hunting turkeys its shotgun only. there is also archery and falconry in methods of take! it would be nice! Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>Why wouldn’t a small caliber, tack driving rifle like a .222 Remington >or even a .22 Hornet make a pretty good turkey gun ? I know turkeys >have the ability to dissappear like a puff of smoke if they "bust" you. >So even more than deer hunters you’d be shooting a undisturbed game.
Shotgun only here in SC with shot no bigger than #2. NRA Life Member Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Why wouldn’t a small caliber, tack driving rifle like a .222 Remington or even a .22 Hornet make a pretty good turkey gun ? I know turkeys have the ability to dissappear like a puff of smoke if they "bust" you. So even more than deer hunters you’d be shooting a undisturbed game. Bill Van Houten (USA Ret) "No matter how hard you try, you can’t throw a potato chip very far." "Linus" Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Take a look at the Remington 870 Turkey gun. NRA Life Member Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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i use a mossberg 9200 semiauto 12ga. with a extened xtra full choke. i also have a mossberg 500 pump. both have synthetic stocks. 3in. mag great guns, great price! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes: >This is for a buddy of mine at work in the market for a good turkey gun. Heard >good things about the Winchester Super X2 and the Browing Gold. Any feedback >on these or others for turkey would be appreciated. >Either of those would be fine, as would the Remington or Mossberg turkey >guns. I bought a mossberg because mine gets rained on a lot,which would >be a bummer with a really fine gun like a Browning. (I have a browning I >use for upland bird hunting, but I don’t go sit in the rain for hours >waiting for a grouse and listening to my gun rust <g>…). Mine shoots >the pattern right where the fiber optic sights say it should, cycles every >time, is nice and heavy to help with that big magnum recoil, and didn’t >break the bank ($239). But the main reason I went Mossberg was the >position of the safety… >-jeff >Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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This is for a buddy of mine at work in the market for a good turkey gun. Heard good things about the Winchester Super X2 and the Browing Gold. Any feedback on these or others for turkey would be appreciated. Rick Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>This is for a buddy of mine at work in the market for a good turkey gun. Heard >good things about the Winchester Super X2 and the Browing Gold. Any feedback >on these or others for turkey would be appreciated.
Either of those would be fine, as would the Remington or Mossberg turkey guns. I bought a mossberg because mine gets rained on a lot,which would be a bummer with a really fine gun like a Browning. (I have a browning I use for upland bird hunting, but I don’t go sit in the rain for hours waiting for a grouse and listening to my gun rust <g>…). Mine shoots the pattern right where the fiber optic sights say it should, cycles every time, is nice and heavy to help with that big magnum recoil, and didn’t break the bank ($239). But the main reason I went Mossberg was the position of the safety… -jeff Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/