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Old 05-14-2020 | 06:00 PM
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Zach, I've been running a Benelli Nova pump for turkeys for 5+ years now with the factory full choke and factory sights. Lead shells worked okay but CA outlawed them. Steel shot sucked for me so I started using Hevishot #'s 2's which work pretty well out to about 52 yards or so. I got all my toms this Spring and the factory combo has been pretty successful for me. But I wanted to do better. And will.

After this season, I decided to check the pattern with lead, steel and Hevishot just to fine tune things. Crap! Now I'm not happy with the pattern for any of them! And this stock buttpad sucks. I am slowly testing different turkey chokes, a different buttpad (Benelli pads suck for patterning), different shells (TSS looks really intriguing) and am now considering some of the other sights these guys are suggesting. I tried one of the magnetic sights before and it promptly fell off like JW mentioned. I also noticed the magnetic sight had me shooting high and missing. Once the magnetic sight fell off, I stopped missing toms and started nailing them again. I'm more of a traditionalist when it comes to shotgun sights. The Truglo's look intriguing but I am honestly willing to try out one of these red dot sights if that makes a bigger difference. I suspect using a turkey choke with a Limbsaver buttpad will likely make the biggest difference but recognize that I will probably try everything recommended just to wring out that last few yards of performance.
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