Truthfully it takes less to kill a turkey than most people think. There are some old timers I know who were killing turkeys left and right with 2 3/4" #6 duck loads before a 3" inch shell became the standard minimum.as for me I hunt with a benelli supernova, it can take 3 1/2" shells but why kill your shoulder for nothing? I use 3", dead is dead, you can't kill em any deader with a 3 1/2" than you can with a 3". just my experience