Originally Posted by Adrian J Hare

The only advantage of 3 1/2 in shells is you have a much wider pattern when hunting flying waterfowl.

The reason they brought out the 3 1/2 was wingshooting. There really is no need to take the aduse of recoil of a 3.5 unless your gun will not hold a pattern at all and that is very unlikely. This shell will not give you anymore range just because it says 3 1/2 all it is ,is a larger load in the shell..

3inch is lots for any turkey in North America...