Lady Forge

I am not a gun hunter,I only hunt turkeys with a bow so I need some advice on chokes. For Christmas I bought my husband a Mossberg 835 12 Gauge along with some Winchester 3 inch 6 shot,high velocity turkey loads. The shotgun came with a full choke.Is a full choke recommended for this setup for turkey hunting or do I need to buy additional chokes, modified etc? Thanks.

sour01

I have a Hastings .685 choke in mine. Combined with 3.5' Winchester High Velocity Turkey Load #4s I couldn't be happier. I won't do it again---but I took 2 longbeards last year beyond 50 yards. IMHO I think you need to get a tighter choke for turkeys. Mossberg makes a turkey choke for the 835---an Ulti-full. Its constriction is .695. There are several excellent after market chokes available---but I would certainly recommend a turkey choke of some sort.

Edited by - sour01 on 12/09/2002 07:50:25

Turkey Addict

I would recommend getting either the Mossberg turkey choke or an aftermarket choke. I have a Comp-n-choke in my 835 and use winchester 6 shot, the combination is as good as I have ever seen.

The worst day in the Turkey woods Is by far, more fun, than the best day of any thing else I have ever done.

Jerry

Anthony Hunter

I would have to say tru glo stru stoper. Its cheap but seams to pattern very well. I have tried it with the loads you mentioned and had favorable results. Several people on this board have 835 with SS chokes, all seam to like it.

Lady Forge

Thanks for the suggestions folks