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I've progressed from the Browning 3 1/2" 10 Gauge Semi-Auto, to the Mossberg 835 3 1/2", to Benelli SBE 3 1/2", to Encore 12 Gauge Turkey 3", and finally to the 20 Gauge Encore Pro Hunter, Realtree Extra Green, with Aimpoint 9000s Red Dot, 3" HeviShot #5 or #6 shot size. This is the best Turkey set up to date... and my shoulder and retina's thank me every time I pull the trigger... Super dense patterns, light and manuverable, hits like the Hammer of Thor.
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This thread is talking me into a 20ga. !
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That's awesome! Do you recall the Limbsaver part number? I'd like to get one for mine. The stock is the 20 ga. models correct? Not a modified 12 ga.
Thanks. Correct on that being the Knoxx made specifically for the 20ga before they discontinued them. Let me go back thru some old posts and see if I can find the part number. Found it. This is the Limbsaver I used: http://www.opticsplanet.com/blackhawk-knoxx-limbsaver-butt-pad-fits-04-08-90-series.html
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That's awesome! Do you recall the Limbsaver part number? I'd like to get one for mine. The stock is the 20 ga. models correct? Not a modified 12 ga.
Thanks. Correct on that being the Knoxx made specifically for the 20ga before they discontinued them. Let me go back thru some old posts and see if I can find the part number. Found it. This is the Limbsaver I used: http://www.opticsplanet.com/blackhawk-knoxx-limbsaver-butt-pad-fits-04-08-90-series.htmlThank you!
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Don't think anybody else has represented the 16ga contingent so I'll show it some love. Several years ago I got to thinking about how the popularity of the 20ga had grown as a turkey gun. I got to thinking of the 16 as a turkey gun. I've always been a 16ga nut and had at least a half dozen in the safe at the time, but they were all long and flashy. I thought about it awhile and recalled that Remington had recently made a run of 870 Express youth guns in 16 with 23" barrels and matte finish. They had stopped making them at that point and it took me a few months to find one. I bought one, ordered full sized camo synthetic stocks for it and got a XX Full Comp-N-Choke tube for it. Chosen load was the Federal Premium 1 1/4 oz Magnum #6. Worked like a champ on this gobbler at about 35 yards. The next season I killed a young gobbler and a jake that threw his head into the pattern with one shot.
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Don't think anybody else has represented the 16ga contingent so I'll show it some love. Several years ago I got to thinking about how the popularity of the 20ga had grown as a turkey gun. I got to thinking of the 16 as a turkey gun. I've always been a 16ga nut and had at least a half dozen in the safe at the time, but they were all long and flashy. I thought about it awhile and recalled that Remington had recently made a run of 870 Express youth guns in 16 with 23" barrels and matte finish. They had stopped making them at that point and it took me a few months to find one. I bought one, ordered full sized camo synthetic stocks for it and got a XX Full Comp-N-Choke tube for it. Chosen load was the Federal Premium 1 1/4 oz Magnum. Worked like a champ on this gobbler at about 35 yards. The next season I killed a young gobbler and a jake that threw his head into the pattern with one shot. Terrific, SC. I think ill try to track one down. Love the 16's. Can shoot all day with nary a bruise. Do you have any model numbers on the replacement stocks? I really like the pattern.
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[/quote] Terrific, SC.
I think ill try to track one down. Love the 16's.
Do you have any model numbers on the replacement stocks? I really like the pattern. [/quote
It was #18613, but it looks like they’ve changed the pattern now. I bought those in ’08.
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1187 20 ga. Compact 21" barrel, trigger worked and barrel polished. Burris 336 mount with a Burris FF3. Shooting TSS handloads. Benelli M2 20 ga. 24" barrel, trigger worked, Burris 336 mount with a Burris FF3. Shooting TSS handloads. Benelli SBE 2 24" barrel, trigger worked, Burris 336 mount with a Docter sight. Shooting TSS handloads. Remington 870 SPS-T 20" barrel, trigger worked and youth stock added. Shooting TSS handloads. Savage 220A 12 ga. Lots of work done to it. Shooting TSS handloads. Got a couple of more but no pics. Really liking the little 11-87! It may be my next year's project. I have 5 pounds of #8-1/2 TSS to play with this spring. Excited to give it a try.
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I'm getting the "itch" for a couple new turkey guns after seeing all the great turkey getters posted!
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Not really a dedicated turkey gun - but this Full choke Browning Auto-5 in 16GA will get the job done. This bird from April 2013 with the Federal Premium 1-1/4 oz buffered lead #6 load.
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Looking forward to new turkey and turkey gun posts from this spring. My season isn't until mid May!!!
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