Get a semiauto if you really want a semiauto, but there is no need for one when hunting turkeys. Calling in a turkey is hard; shooting one is easy. You're shooting at a more or less stationary target at 40 yards with a shotgun. Second shots are rare, and if you do need one, you can do it with a pump plenty fast enough.
I use a Mossberg 500. Camo, very light, fiber optic sights, 20" barrel. If I were starting from scratch, I might get an 835 in a similar configuration, just because that overbored barrel patterns so well. I'd probably shoot 3" shells in it though. I find recoil with 2 oz 12 ga loads to be adequate.
Last edited by natman; 03/07/20.
