Dream turkey gun

[mrtroy4man]

If you had the chance to build your "dream" turkey gun, what would it be? Unlimited funds and or could be a budget gun that just works and kills em dead as fried chicken. I have a cheap Charles Daly that I paid like $200 or $250 years ago and a sumtoy .562 choke in it. With the old Heavyweight 7's, it's a hammer. Short and easy to move around and an almost non existent recoil make me tote it and leave the A400 at home. Opinions?

[trkykilr]

I shoot an 870 compact with a 21” barrel, an “extra full” choke, and a Burris red dot. I shoot them with TSS 9’s in the upper turkey and kill them

[ShortMagFan]

My two are an M2 Compact that’s been dipped and cerakoted and has a Trijicon SRO on a Scalarworks base. I’ve been hunting it the last few seasons and it’ll kill them further than anyone should shoot with a Rhino 575 choke. It’s also got a Briley trigger and a Surecycle recoil spring/tube

My new one for this year is a Stevens 301 compact with a FF3 on a Sumtoy base and a rattle can paint job. Looking forward to hunting that one this season. Looks and feels too small to be a turkey gun but it throws a great pattern with the choke that comes with the standard 301 turkey gun

Both are 20ga shooting Boss 9s

Obviously those 2 guns are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of cost but they’ll both smack down a gobbler

[DJP]

I have shot a 20 ga a400 with a turkey choke and red dot for a few years. Started with fed hw#7 and moved to tss.

Last year I learned the hard way that red dots can lose there POI. Maybe from flying, I dunno. I was hunting with my daughter and both her .410 and my .20 were WAY off with the red dots. We botched a double. I was amazed at how far off they both were when I resighted them. It has made me question having extra hardware on the gun.

Since then I have just been shooting an benelli m1 12ga with a full choke and no red dot. It is pretty hard to miss with tss #9. A full choke is plenty to make a 20" death circle at 40 yards with tss #9's. It has two beads and the gun shoot true.

I supposed if I could make any rig magically appear, it would be a m1 20ga with pistol grip and a Burris ff3 that was sighted in.

I would also like to note that a good trigger job is helpful. Some shotguns have a really heavy trigger.

[trkykilr]

Also, I put Timney triggers in all of my turkey guns. I check POI multiple times during the year with dove shells. They don’t get off very often, but it happens.

You head shooters will eventually miss

[KRT]

Also, I put Timney triggers in all of my turkey guns. I check POI multiple times during the year with dove shells. They don’t get off very often, but it happens.

You head shooters will eventually miss

Damn, can’t believe you and I do something of the same. Upper turkey…..

[Coastal Woodie]

I shoot an 870 compact with a 21” barrel, an “extra full” choke, and a Burris red dot. I shoot them with TSS 9’s in the upper turkey and kill them

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Same here.

[davisd9]

A300 ultima 20 with 24” barrel. Indian Creek .562. Meadow Creek mount with green dot Holosun 407c.

[adamb61085]

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Youth 870 20 guage with a Kicks .570 choke with blends but can’t remember what they are off the top of my head.

[Duck cutter]

Mine’s nothing fancy

Remington 870 express magnum NWTF edition with 21” turkey barrel. I put a different spring in the trigger and it’s pretty crisp. I have it drilled and tapped for a red dot but don’t currently have one on there. Jellyhead choke and I still shoot magblends. And my initials are carved in the stock

[theoldblackdog]

So apparently everyone in here has already built their dream turkey gun?

[BugBuster]

My two are an M2 Compact that’s been dipped and cerakoted and has a Trijicon SRO on a Scalarworks base. I’ve been hunting it the last few seasons and it’ll kill them further than anyone should shoot with a Rhino 575 choke. It’s also got a Briley trigger and a Surecycle recoil spring/tube

My new one for this year is a Stevens 301 compact with a FF3 on a Sumtoy base and a rattle can paint job. Looking forward to hunting that one this season. Looks and feels too small to be a turkey gun but it throws a great pattern with the choke that comes with the standard 301 turkey gun

Both are 20ga shooting Boss 9s

Obviously those 2 guns are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of cost but they’ll both smack down a gobbler

This trigger kit?
https://www.briley.com/p-65568-as-sh...ring-pack.aspx

[Stumpknocker]

So apparently everyone in here has already built their dream turkey gun?

Well you got to look at it this way a “dream turkey gun” is a hell of a lot more affordable than a dream house so I would assume that if the guys that are passionate about turkey hunting have already built 1 or 4 of their dream guns

[Luvin' Labs]

So apparently everyone in here has already built their dream turkey gun?

Haha. I was thinking the same thing as I read. Man asked a question and there hasn't been an answer yet unless all these guns listed are "dream" guns.

[CAJUN LAB]

Mine was the franchi so I bought one and set it up.

[Calibogue]

Last year, a CZ sharptail 28ga sxs
This year, SBE3 28ga...

[ShortMagFan]

This trigger kit?
https://www.briley.com/p-65568-as-sh...ring-pack.aspx

No sir. This one. Cost is kind of embarrassing and not necessary but it does make a difference

https://www.briley.com/p-58223-benel...-triggers.aspx

[ShortMagFan]

Last year, a CZ sharptail 28ga sxs
This year, SBE3 28ga...

How’d the Sharptail do? Been wanting a cz sxs in whatever they call the cerakoted model but worried about barrel regulation

[Calibogue]

Killed em dead....

[trkykilr]

So apparently everyone in here has already built their dream turkey gun?

I have several that I’ve built. The one with the most range is a 12 ga old school greenleaf 11-87 with a Burris. It can shoot far but it’s heavy. I have a 20 ga M1 with a pistol grip that has shot plenty. The little toy 870 is just what I tend to grab 90% of the time.

I sometimes get some pellets in their head if they duck at the last minute.