RE: New England Arms single shot turkey gun
I don' t have the actual NEF Turkey gun but for a number of years I used the NEF Pardner with a 3 inch chamber also with a fixed full choke. It will handle a 40 yard shot on turkeys with no problem. A friend of mine uses H&R' s N.W.T.F.-Turkey gun with a 3 1/2 inch chamber and a fixed full choke. He got it on sale from Jay' s there in Clare for around $100.00. I should mention he shoots 3 inch shells in it because at only six pounds it will punish you.
I think these guns are highly under rated. For turkeys you only need one shot anyway and the price of these shotguns is very appealing when one realizes whatever gun you use will have to be able to " get down and dirty" .
If I could make one change in the NEF/H&R shotgun line-up for the turkey specialist it would be to add a rib to the gun. This would allow a guy to add sights to the gun at a reasonable cost and make it that much better. I have been saying that for some time, now I see Stoeger has finally done this on a hammerless single shot with a MSRP sticker of $119.00 with screw-in chokes. If I could find one I would probably buy it.