Stock fit can be critical. I have two older 870's. One was scoped for deer and had an older high combed trap stock with beautiful wood I picked up at a visit to Ilion, NY.and the other had a shorter barrel with firesights and a short stock which became my turkey gun as well as a loaner deer gun because of the choke tubes. That shorter than usual stock has become valuable for shots from all sorts of body positions. I once got in a jam with the longer stock on the scoped shotgun when I had to shoot sideways from a makeshift ground blind and started running out of eye relief. The shorter than normal stock is so much more versatile. You never know when turkey hunting if you will be crawling, sitting, standing or kneeling around a tree or if you suddenly need to make a 30 yard shot on a running bird. What feels good in the store may not in some contorted shooting position.
Last edited by grizzly 2; 04-06-2020 at 04:05 AM.