I'm researching a dedicated turkey gun with a red dot and i'm between a pump/auto or a gun the barrel cant be removed (O/U, savage 220, break action, etc.),

Does removing the barrel from a auto/.pump cause a zero point shift like slug guns?

Yes I'm aware of it being a shot pattern, but you don;t want big shifts if I'm forced to do a field strip cleaning after pre-season patterning.

Never noticed any on a 835 ulti mag

No noticeable changes here. 870, SA-08 and 500s.

good to hear gents.

Yes it does. There's so much variability in shotshells it is hard to track. Easy answer is just use a boresnake.

Good idea, unless I get my gun soaked and have to do a complete strip down.


My season is so short that I could just have a second gun ready to go if its a real worry.