I have a Mossberg 835 as a hunt everything gun. I have a slug barrel for it for deer and i also shoot 3.5in Buckshot out of the regular barrel. It works well. You dont need a scope or red dot for turkeys. That will just aggervate you when your in the wood with the biggest tom you have ever seena nd the battery goes dead on you and you cant shoot. Get some good Tru Glo sights on it and you can use it for turkeys and still as a knock around gun. It will take the abuse and keep killin birds.