what is considered the standard for spring turkey? I've never taken a 45 yrd shot until this yr. After patterning my gun and a friends, my factory benelli full choke with 3 inch #5 put 16 pellets in 10 inch plate. The pattern looked very poor. My friends Rem 1100 with short rifled barrel and super full turkey choke put 40 pellets in the target and had good dense coverage.

I wonder if that tight pattern would be a disadvantage for the 25-35 yrd shots I usually take. I like the range for the rare times when i might need it but that might be at the expense of the more common short shots. Your thoughts?