Shotgun for Turkey Hunting

Budget?

Not sure you can really say there is one "best gun"

what ammo are you shooting?

TSS will allow you to go down in gauge.
Still anything with in the 3 B.
Beretta, Benelli, Browning.

Some prefer pumps. I'm not in that camp.

I used to just use my SBEII turkey hunting until I had it click on me 3 different times on toms. I got an 870 pump with a pistol grip in 12 ga a few years ago. If I had to do it over again I might get a 20 ga with the TSS ammo now. I bought a single shot 410 for my kids when they get older, and I started using that after I killed two last year, but never shot at one. That 410 will reach out there too with TSS

Depends if you want to kill turkeys or post on Instagram



I shoot a Remington 870 20ga with Apex TSS


Nothing wrong with diving deeper but you don't need more

What’s your budget?

The remington 20 gauge is what I am leaning towards but with the jelly head choke

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Remington 870 20ga

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It’s a shame you can’t find the turkey barrels for them anymore. Hopefully Rem Arms starts making them again.

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The remington 20 gauge is what I am leaning towards but with the jelly head choke

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This in a synthetic compact is gonna be a good choice, just need to make sure it’s either really old or really new.

Mossberg is gonna make a similar gun, I shoot a 500 superbantam which is a youth model and it’s been a great upgrade to the long heavy semiauto I used to lug around. My gun liked an Indian creek choke with apex and verdict TSS and you’ll hear a lot of folks swear by a certain choke, but what matters is if YOUR gun will pattern it, with the loads you plan to shoot. Something I’ve found effective is conning other people into thinking they need a new setup, and everyone buying a couple chokes to try, until you find the best one for your combo and hunting style. A baseball pattern at 20 yards is cool to show people, but you’ll airmail it if that’s the distance you usually shoot at a bird.

With tss and a choke that’s been patterned, any 20ga is gonna have you lethal past 60 yards, it’s really about what is comfortable to walk around with all day, and for a lot of folks these days that’s the lightest synthetic gun that doesn’t break the bank. 3” TSS is no joy to shoot in a light pump, but it’s not that much better in a light semi auto either.

As several have mentioned, guage down. I’ve gone from turkeying with a 12 to a 20 to a 28. Plenty of range and power with TSS. More enjoyable carrying the 28 all day. SBE 3. Next stop, 410.

Whatever you do, don't get a 12 ga. 20ga is more than enough but honestly I'm hunting with my .410 more than anything. Tss has changed the game. I only killed one bird this year, but it was at 37 steps with a .410

I don't turkey hunt, but my parent's (deer hunter's) borrow my 1187 every year for turkey hunting.

They use a patternmaster anaconda LINK and have done well with it.

They are not using a scope or anything like that. It is the plain 1187, nothing special. I think it was 400-500 new.



I am sure you can take any shotgun and put a decent choke on it and hunt turkey.