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I have a 870 express magnum(3inch chamber)the barell length is 26 or 28 whatever comes on your run of the mill 870 and was wondering if anyone here uses one for turkey hunting. What choke and shell combos have worked well for you out of one of these. I would rather just get a choke for this one this year as opposed to buying a dedicated turkey gun. Can I make this work well or am I fighting a losing battle? I notice that most of the turkey guns have shorter barells on them, is there any benefit to this other than being more manuverable? Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
Some say a turkey gun with a longer barrel will hold the pattern together better because it holds the wad together a little longer. I've also heard velocity can play a role in barrel length, but with todays high powered shells, that really isn't an issue. Manuverability is the main reason the short barrel was designed. My Mossberg barrel is a 24", sort of middle of the road, and it patterns great.

I started turkey hunting with the exact gun that you have. I've killed three toms with it, and several buddies of mine have used it when I took them and they have killed 4 with it. It just has the factory turkey choke in it and I have 3" Winchester shells for it. If I was going to the gun full time for myself though, I would put a Kicks choke on it and shoot Winchester Extended range through it (or at lest try this set up first).
 
paradis1142 said:
I have a 870 express magnum(3inch chamber)the barell length is 26 or 28 whatever comes on your run of the mill 870 and was wondering if anyone here uses one for turkey hunting. What choke and shell combos have worked well for you out of one of these. I would rather just get a choke for this one this year as opposed to buying a dedicated turkey gun. Can I make this work well or am I fighting a losing battle? I notice that most of the turkey guns have shorter barells on them, is there any benefit to this other than being more manuverable? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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:) best advice I can give is....buy a Benneli and shoot the best.
 
turkeyhunter64 said:
paradis1142 said:
I have a 870 express magnum(3inch chamber)the barell length is 26 or 28 whatever comes on your run of the mill 870 and was wondering if anyone here uses one for turkey hunting. What choke and shell combos have worked well for you out of one of these. I would rather just get a choke for this one this year as opposed to buying a dedicated turkey gun. Can I make this work well or am I fighting a losing battle? I notice that most of the turkey guns have shorter barells on them, is there any benefit to this other than being more manuverable? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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:) best advice I can give is....buy a Benneli and shoot the best.
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Or spend half that on a Mossberg 835 and shoot a gun that patterns just as good :D
 
bvoss said:
turkeyhunter64 said:
paradis1142 said:
I have a 870 express magnum(3inch chamber)the barell length is 26 or 28 whatever comes on your run of the mill 870 and was wondering if anyone here uses one for turkey hunting. What choke and shell combos have worked well for you out of one of these. I would rather just get a choke for this one this year as opposed to buying a dedicated turkey gun. Can I make this work well or am I fighting a losing battle? I notice that most of the turkey guns have shorter barells on them, is there any benefit to this other than being more manuverable? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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:) best advice I can give is....buy a Benneli and shoot the best.
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Or spend half that on a Mossberg 835 and shoot a gun that patterns just as good :D
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I had a 835 turkey gun with a kicks choke in it for a couple years. Got rid of it after last season due to my frustration of not finding any birds, kinda goofy I guess but I was ticked off at the time and decided I wasnt going through the frustration again. But here we are and Im itching to go again, just a sucker for punishment I guess.
 
No need to buy a new 870
The old one you have will work fine
I have 3 870's and they all shoot good
choke and shell combo is something you will
need to figure out
by spending some money
 
I have the exact same gun. I shoot Federal 2oz #6's out of the Remington Xtra full extended choke. Killed a jake at 48yrds this past fall. I have killed 6 turkeys with this gun and I hope to kill 4 more in a month or so.
 
I have the same gun and love turkey hunting with it. It has killed quite a few birds, longest shot was at 50 yrd. I use a primos Tight wad choke and WIN HV #6 and have a great pattern out of it. Used this load and choke combo for a few years and it is the best I have seen.
 

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