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3 MOA

I just put a Sightmark M spec reflex on my 870.
Zero tomorrow hopefully.
LOL.....see if it holds up.

No shake n wake feature, is 2 moa.

Holosun 507C X2, low profile, 50k hour battery life. Has a 2 moa dot in a 32moa ring(think eotech) you also have the option of using just the dot, or jsutthe ring. Its the ideal sight picture for Turkey.

Franchi Affinity 3 Compact with #9 TSS and a Carlson choke......shoots like my 12g with 3.5in #5 at 60 yards......weighs half as much and doent beat the [bleep] out of me. I wouldnt purposely shoot at 60 but id be lying if I said my range estimation in the wood was perfect.

What choke constriction?

I run a similar gun and want to try a different choke.

You'd have to check with the maker for the exact constrction, I honestly dont recall. Here are the 60 yard patterns with Carlsons, Pattern Master and Indian Creek.

When comparing the 40 and 60 yard patterns, the Pattern Master and Carlsons were close but he Carlson was 30.00 and the PM was 100.00

Correction, Carlsons is marked, .555

I just got a Holosun 507C from warpig602 yesterday and plan to try it out. I have always run a 3 MOA dot so I will be playing with the ring and dot combo to see how I like it. I too shoot a 20 ga and have sold all my 12 ga turkey guns, no need for the beating. I have a Wby 459 and an Rem 870 both with Indian Creek Chokes.
I will say this, a gun/shell/choke combo that works for one person may not work for the next. A high performance turkey gun is a lot like a rifle. Every rifle likes its own powder, charge weight, bullet weight, seating depth combo.

Agreed, I’ve done pretty extensive pattern testing with a few different shotguns. Usually consisting of 5 chokes and 3 different loads. Identical shotguns will prefer different chokes/ammo. That being said, the same choke companies are usually near the top so with this gun, particularly due to the cost of the tss, I only tried the 3 that usually give me the best results. The Carlsons tubes are almost always in the top 2. That being said, everyone is looking for something different in their pattern, in my case I wanted to be able to stretch to 50 if needed. The flip side being at 20 yards, it’s really tight. In the later seasons I may switch to the factory Full choke that threw a great pattern from 20-40 since the vegetation here really pops by 4th season and distance is limited. The bird in the picture above was punched 3 days ago at 30 yards.

I should also note, I can’t think of single choke I’ve tried that wouldn’t have have killed a turkey at 40 yards(almost exclusively using 12g Longbeard XR ammo). The ammo is really what makes or breaks a shotgun, the choke just fine tunes it to your liking. I found that out when pattern testing pheasant loads in my Ethos.

If not shooting TSS, Longbeards would be my go shell

TSS really makes the 20g a viable option for me.

I shot Burris FF2’s and then FF3’s for years. Never had an issue with them not performing or losing zero. I got a new M2 this year and put a Vortex Venom on it. Initially couldn’t get it to sight in even after shimming it. Vortex sent me a new one and I had it sighted in with two low brass bird shot and one TSS turkey load. So far I really like it. I had Burris 336 mounts on the FF red dots and went with a low profile EGW mount on the Venom. Sumtoy also makes a good mount. I’ve experienced great customer service with both Burris and Vortex. I would recommend either without hesitation.

As far as mounts go, the Scalarworks is supreme in the low profile arena

Thats a nice rugged looking sight. I may have to consider that if I get the urge to update my FF3 to a FF4 or something else.

Is Holosun compatible with the RMR footprint?

There are different models of the Holosun 407/507 sight, the letter after the number is the difference. I believe that warpig602 sight is a C and Holosun makes one that is a K model that is smaller.

This just in.......

I had looked at Meadow Creek rib mounts for my CZ O/U, but it appeared they wouldn’t fit through the narrow slots of the rib. Went back to their site and saw they sell a special mount for putting FF3-footprint reflex red dots on O/Us. The baseplate is slotted and beveled so it can be slid through a pretty narrow opening. Just got done mounting an FF3 on the CZ and it’s as small and neat, and low as it could possibly be. The PIC mount is eliminated because the sight screws to the base directly, and the base is the same size as the sight itself. Very tidy.

Adapters are included to fit ribs of varying width. Only minor quibble is the sight is farther out than I prefer, but it’s in the first opening so that’s that. They even include a tube of LocTite. $50

nice

Range report requested.

Hold zero well?