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Wanting to have a dedicated auto to turkey hunt with. I will be mounting a gobble stopped sight on it. Any suggestions anybody has for a cheaper gun. Considering a tristar, anybody use one?
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My niece shoots the Tristar Raptor and other than just the lightest of skeet loads it runs like a top, points well and is very light.
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Why not an 1187? Barring that, a Franchi Affinity.
No way I would go with the Turkish stuff.
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I'd look at the Franchi Affinity.
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You might want to check our the Weatherby. Pretty good reports on it.
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WHY? I'd at least find one with a chrome lined barrel if I were going that route and reloading TSS.
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I think some guys on old gobbler are running that Weatherby.
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You might want to check our the Weatherby. Pretty good reports on it. This. Weatherby SA-08 or Mossberg SA-20. A buddy is running one of these, not sure which and loves it with a dose of Hevi-Shot. A lot of similarities between the 2, in fact some parts will interchange.
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I ended up with a 11-87 camo with a 22" barrel
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The Weatherby SA-459 Turkey is a fantastic dedicated turkey gun IMO, but since it's made in Turkey I guess that disqualifies it for the "all Turkish guns are crap crowd".
OP good luck with your 1187. Hard to go wrong with one.
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I got tired of the pounding of the 3 1/2 inch shells out of my SBE2, and decided go the 20 route. I wanted something as lightweight as I could get it, and still shoot good. I first tried a Charles Daly pump, very light, but junk. Got an 11-87 with 26 inch barrel, worked good, but just wanted something with a shorter barrel. So, I then bought a youth model 11-87 with 21 inch barrel, put a Indian Creek choke and red dot sight on it. Nice gun, but before I got to use it, my granddaughter latched onto it. I now use an 870 youth model, Weaver shotgun scope, and an Indian Creek choke. Using the 20 has been a little different experience, as most of the really good ammo is made just in 12 guage, but I've not had any trouble killing a turkey with the 20. In the 12's I always used Winchester Supreme #5's, in the 20's I've used Hevi-Shot, Winchesters, Federals, and Remington, trying to find one that was better than the others. Haven't found it yet, as any shell in #5 seems to work.
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I've got an sumtoy 562-5 choke for the little 1187 but havnt had time to do much patterning work with it yet. I hope that gets what I'm after. If not I guess an ic 555 will be on the way
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I got tired of the pounding of the 3 1/2 inch shells out of my SBE2, and decided go the 20 route. I wanted something as lightweight as I could get it, and still shoot good. I first tried a Charles Daly pump, very light, but junk. Got an 11-87 with 26 inch barrel, worked good, but just wanted something with a shorter barrel. So, I then bought a youth model 11-87 with 21 inch barrel, put a Indian Creek choke and red dot sight on it. Nice gun, but before I got to use it, my granddaughter latched onto it. I now use an 870 youth model, Weaver shotgun scope, and an Indian Creek choke. Using the 20 has been a little different experience, as most of the really good ammo is made just in 12 guage, but I've not had any trouble killing a turkey with the 20. In the 12's I always used Winchester Supreme #5's, in the 20's I've used Hevi-Shot, Winchesters, Federals, and Remington, trying to find one that was better than the others. Haven't found it yet, as any shell in #5 seems to work. Have heard the Federal #7 Heavyweight is very deadly with super dense patterns.
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I've got an sumtoy 562-5 choke for the little 1187 but havnt had time to do much patterning work with it yet. I hope that gets what I'm after. If not I guess an ic 555 will be on the way Sumtoy 562-5 is the real deal from my 21" youth 870 using the Federal HW 7's and Hevi13 #6's
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I have a WBY SA-08 with a TSS choke and it is bad news for about 9 turkey so far. I have only had it about 2 years so I hope that number will grow.
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I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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The Federal Heavyweight 3" #7 is the real deal. I've killed two NC Tom's and my Brother JOBUGG has probably killed 10-11 with them. They work!
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