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Automatics do help alot. I'm completely new to turkey hunting, but my state requires shotgun slugs for deer. (Besides, I've had some fun handloading for 'dem really big squirrels, and for the 10,000 black birds that fly 60yds above, just out of range.) So I've been there. I find it very interesting that dedicated turkey guns are sold in pump action configurations; it makes absolutely no sense to me. One of the biggest/easiest things you can do to calm the kick is either add as much weught to your gun as you can and reduce the weight of you're load( 2oz down to 1.5) as much as you're willing. From what I've read, certain guns will actually shoot better with less lead being pushed through the barrel.