You are going to haft to tinker around with it try differnt load #'s, differnt shells and also know your range lol, but when when I got my turkey gun the factory choke flat out shot like crap with about 30 yards there was about 5-7 pellets it the neck but then I got a Kick's choke and TruGlo sights and it is shooting better I have killed 3 birds with it and not missed any but one with the Kick's choke (because it was farther than what I thought it was) but before the new choke I missed 2 birds... But try different stuff with your gun good luck