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03-08-2011 | 06:20 PM

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dawei

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Originally Posted by steve25

I am looking to buy my daughter 11 years old a 20ga shotgun for turkey hunting. This will be her first time ever going and I am not sure if she will take to it or not so I don't want to spend alot of cash on a gun.

I am looking at just the standard single H&R 20 ga handy rifle. My question is what type or pattern could I expect from this gun with a turkey load. Price $125 and the evil walmart.

Also any info on the 20ga NEF pardner pump? How heavy is the gun and is it any good? They have them and the evil Walmart for $157.

I have no one I know that has a 20ga for me to use just to see if she likes it.

Looking at price the pump is the better value but i have to consider her size. I am going to take her and see which gun she handles better.

The 20ga single shot H&R® will be very handy; the only drawback will be recoil because of light weight. My wife uses this gun & what I did for her was to fill the stock cavity w/7½ shot. I topped the last ¼" space w/hot glue & put the recoil pad back on.

A couple of things you can do to mitigate the recoil...........
• You pattern the gun w/the 3" Mag Turkey loads; not her.
• Have your daughter practice w/low base dove loads.

When it comes time for her to put the hammer down on a gobbler she won't notice the recoil. Two loads that pattern very well in my/wife's H&R®/NEF® 20ga are.........
• Winchester® Supreme® 3" Mag 1200fps 1 5/16oz #5Pb (STH2035)
• Federal® Flitecontrol® Mag-Shok® 3" Mag 1185fps 1 5/16oz #5Pb (PFC258 5)

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