Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting 20ga. Turkey gun suggestions.

If you were going to purchase a 20ga pump, what would you buy.

Thanks for any suggestions. I haven't purchased a shotgun in years. I like my 12ga. 870 but looking for something lightweight.

For turkey.. tempting to find a used browing bps upland with 22 inch barrels. Alls steel classic, but not too heavy.


I have one that I'm toting with using turkey hunting with a meadowcreek red dot mount.

If you look auto.. Franch affinity has nice triggers.

Just bought a Browning BPS 20 gauge but has a 28" barrel. For a dedicated turkey gun, If you can find one with a shorter barrel, it'd be great. But there are several 28" 20 gauge BPS available on Gun Broker.

Check out the Winchester 20 gauge

Ithaca with 26" barrel and screw in chokes. Maybe the new Remington Fieldmaster if it pans out to be better than the old Express model. The BPS from Browning would be great if they shaved 1/2 pound off of it.

Several good suggestions already mentioned. The Winchester pump (the SXP I think it is) that a buddy has is a great shooter.
I have a older Remington 870 20 ga. with the 21" barrel and it tuned out nicely as well. Not the lightest but a nice turkey gun none the less

No body wants a 28" barreled turkey gun.

Depending on what you're looking for, don't overlook the Mossberg 500 with the 20" barrel and the receiver that's D&T for mounting optics. Can even get one all camoed up.

I wouldn't.

I'd pick up a nice H&R or NEF single and put a little cash into having the receiver D&T for a base and the barrel threaded. Buy a good tube....your choice of sighting and call it great.

Nobody does, but it shouldn't be a reason to eliminate a good gun. I have never, ever, ever been so cramped or in such heavy brush that a 28" was a problem. I like shorter for a turkey gun, but 28" barrel is just fine. Overall length is a consideration, too. My 26" Ithaca M37 is 4 inches shorter than my 28" Browning BPS.

By the way, MOGC's suggestion for a M37 20 gauge is a good one, especially with the 26" barrel. M37s have short receivers. My M37 12 gauge has a 26" vent rib barrel but the gun has about the same overall length as my Winchester SX4 with a 24" barrel. You get a longer sighting plane with the 26" barrel and you'll loose a little less velocity with the longer barrel. The Upper Sandusky produced guns take Invector Plus choke tubes so you'll have a wide variety of choices.

BPS. I've had an 870 and a Model 12, but I still have the BPS.

870 youth. Nice lil fairy dust spreader..

My 870 youth has been excellent.

I've looked for one but no luck!

I've got a 20 gauge BPS that I've killed a bunch of turkeys with. None of them seemed to mind it's 26" barrel and neither do I.

Have had 3 pumps…BPS in 12 ga 26”, 870 camo 12 ga 26”and my first one a Winchester 1300 in 12 ga 26”…. can’t say that one was better than the other, but liked the 870 the best. Why…you would need to throw them up to your shoulder one right behind the other…shuck it…swing it…and then you will know which one to go kill a turkey with. With that being said I now use a Stevens 301 20 and never looked back…pick one of them up and throw one up to your shoulder and pull your money out.

Those Stevens 301s are pretty nice. I got to handle a 20g and a .410 at a gun show and was pretty impressed. They "look right" and feel very good. Thats the first time I realized people were seriously using .410s for turkey.