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of turkey guns here, sold the brutal 835 mossberg last spring but still have these, so show me what you got!

I don't have a dedicated turkey shotgun. All of my shotguns were bought with the intent of pulling duty on different types of game. The same guns I hunt squirrel or deer with are the ones I hunt turkeys with.

I do like that one on the right. What is it? A Valmet?

yes a valmet 412, 12/223 reinhart fajen stock, and a turkey/predator sleeve installed by mark bansner

Im not good at pictures here.. sorry.

The middle looks like a 20 affinity?
How do you like it?

Whats the left?
How do you like it.

I'm thinking of a 870 youth fieldmaster 20 gauge right now

Crap!!! Lol! LGS I go to sold the BPS 410. Now they have a Beneli M1 12ga 3" camo with a 24" barrel and a slug barrel for $850! Was a time I had a plethora of turkey guns, now, just the 870 youth 20ga and a drawerfull of 3" 20ga TSS.

yes middle is a affinity III 20, left is a franchi 912 12. thee affinity is new, going to pattern it soon as I get decent weather, haas a jebs .555 choke gona try all the TSS I can find and find the best pattern

I use to have my main turkey gun and a backup. Then I bought a backup for my backup, and a backup for that one....so on and so forth. I guess I had 8 or 9 at one point.
I sold them all and bought a Wby 459 20ga and an 870 20ga. I don't see me buying anymore unless something happens to one of them.

Interesting on the LH one. Franchi had a 3.5 inch model before they released a the affinity 3. I bought the plain affiity and not that 3.5 inch version that had a cool optic rail drooved in the reciever. Yours looks similar to that model. Was it drilled and tapped for your optic? or have the groove?

BTW.. Ive on;y ever seen one of the 3.5 inch versions used so people must like them.

Thanks for tolerating extra questions...

How do you shoot that thing? I picked one up and shouldered it and the stock was so short my right thumb was pressed into my nose.

It is a franchi 912 variomax 3.5" chambered 12, was not drilled and tapped, bought it around 2005 and it was discontinued shortly afterwards. I bought the 912 to carry in the rain instead of the scoped valmet which was my main turkey gun that accounted for over 100 gobblers, after I got old and the 835 kicked the dogshit out of me, then I got older and even it kicks bad, so in my infinate wisdom I last year purchased some nitro manufacturing
3.5" 2 5/8 oz turkey loads. HOLY BEJESUS! they are brutal, so spent my social security check on the affinity. but did kill aa pile of gobblers with the 912, farthest was 53 yards.

It started out as a youth 20, but no longer wears the youth stock. I put a Knoxx Blackhawk AR style adjustable LOP stock with verticle pistol grip on it.

Alas, looks like I may miss turkey season, or most of it anyway. Getting a new knee about that time. Might sneak in a few days early or late, depending on the scheduling. Anyway, I suppose all those fancy turkey shells will keep.

Pappy, if our most esteemed ex-member can scootch around the woods on a hip replacement and kill 7 birds, you can get out on a knee replacement.

Probably. The recovery period is “depends”. My notion is that once the incision is stable I should be good to go. I have a lot of questions that’ll probably get answered at the mandatory Joint Camp before surgery. In general, the recovery for the 3D-printed one I’m getting is supposed to be shorter. I’ll do PT at home with a visiting nurse, which beats the Hell out of going out for it. It’ll be outpatient surgery so my chances of picking up a fatal respiratory disease or food poisoning are greatly reduced too.

Last season I hunted on trekking poles carrying a pistol, just as well as no legal turkeys were encountered. Once this knee is settled I should be able to expand my territory too. Lots better places to hunt turkeys than my local WMA.

Best of luck on a speedy recovery with the knee.

Glocks, if the 870 has the plastic stock, they come with spacers (or at least they use to) to lengthen the pull. Buddy of mine has one and he is 6'4" and uses one with all the spacer.
My 870 was a youth with a wood stock and I was able to find a full size camo factory plastic set of forearm and butt stock to put on mine. I love the thing.

The ones I've handed was the wood stocked version.

Just trying to understand, and not trying to argue: if the youth model 20 gauge has the same receiver as the standard gun, but a shorter stock, then you replace the stock with a full sized stock, why buy the youth version to beging with?

I wanted the 21" barrel that comes on the youth gun.

Ah. Got it.

Tricked out M2 Compact with a Trijicon SRO on a scalarworks mount and some other bells and whistles

Stevens 301 Compact with a FF3

Both 20s and will stone gobblers at ranges further than anyone should shoot one

Fella was in a bad car crash in 6/17, spent almost 4 months learning how to walk again. On May 1 2018 I had a TKR done. 14 days later I killed a long beard. Was not an easy task, but I wanted to hunt. So don't count your self out yet.