I bought a Mossberg 835 Ulti-mag this year just for turkey hunting. I patterned it out to 50 yards and had great patterns. I killed my limit this year at 30 yards and 42 yards. The 30 yard turkey had peppered the head and half the neck with no pellets below that. The 42 yard bird never even flopped when I shot him. I'm very pleased with this gun.