What is your favorite turkey hunting shotgun?
 

I am going to be buying a new shotgun strickly for turkey hunting on my R&R, and I have a few picked out. But I wanted to see what other turkey hunters prefer. Thanks for your input. Oh the shotguns i have picked out so far is the Benelli Nova, Remington 870, Mossberg 835, Remington 887.

I have 5 870's

The Remington 870 has been tried and true for many years and you can not go wrong. I perfer a auto for turkey hunting and I use a Benelli Super Black Eagle. What ever you choose be sure it will shot 3 1/2" shells for that extra range you need at times. Jim

I have turkey hunted with the following: Mossberg 88, 500, 835, 535, Winchester SX2, and Remington 870 SuperMag.

My favorite is the thumbhole 535 that I use now. It has a 20" barrel and I've had the trigger worked over and added an Indian Creek Black Diamond choke. It throws awesome patterns with Hevi-13's at 50 yards.

I'll explain my preference. The SX2 was a great gun, but it was a waterfowl model with a longer barrel that was just a hindrance in the woods. The Remington was an excellent shotgun, set up for turkey hunting. It seemed just too heavy for me. I walk a lot and enjoy a light shotgun. The 835 is the same way. It shot great, just more than I wanted to carry. The 500 and 88 are plenty good enough to kill ANYTHING with, but I just wanted something more. I picked up the 535 because I liked the lightweight frame and the thumbhole. I will tell you that the big rounds will rock you, but with the right choke you don't need them. I shoot 3" shells.

If you want to shoot 3 1/2" and don't like to get beat up, buy a 835.
If you want to shoot 3 1/2" and can take a punch and want a lightweight gun, go with a 535
If you plan to shoot 3" shells, you can get a camo thumbhole 500 for the price of the black 535 I have
If you aren't a Mossberg fan, disregard all this and buy a Remington or a Nova :)

Honestly, your best plan would be to go to a gun shop and get each one in your hands. That will make your decision much easier.

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benelli SBE.

My wife shoots a mossberg 835 and that has always been a solid gun for her. Me, I love me Remington 1187. I have 2 of them. Both are superman 3.5" guns. The last one o bought is all I use for turkey now. It is mossyoak obsession camo and has a thumbhole stock and a short barrel with adjustable, rifle style, fiber optic sites.

Hunter12ga. I think your right. I think i have to go and get hands on myself. My father has a Nova and i love shooting it, its a good duck and goose gun. But if I can find a scatter gun with thumbholes and all camo with in a reasonable price. But I have only found the 870 with a thumbhole. You said that mossberg has thumbhole as well ima have to look into that. Its just i dont have much time to look at all the stores and junk cuz I only have 2 weeks in the states during turkey season and I wanna get a New turkey gun and use it for the 2weeks im home. So gotta look up some mossbergs and some more Remingtons. Thanks for the help

Beretta Extrema, Camo of course.

Works great & doubles as my waterfowl gun as well.

My old 12ga 870.

It is a nice no frills gun that gets the job done. I have yet to shoot a gun that patterns as good as my 870.

The old girl was looking a little beat up so I decided to do a camo paint job on it myself. I think it turned out pretty good, a little dark, but that's ok i am no professional at this.

My first attempt failed due to me not letting the first coat dry enough and when I first finished it looked good but all the colors ran together in was black. So I stripped it down and removed the paint and redone it with better results I wish I would have let each color dry for a full day before adding the next color and I think it would have turned out better. Used a matte finish acrylic enamel to seal the paint.

Been shooting my Winchester 1300 short turkey for about 8 or 9 years now. It's got a 18 inch barrel and is light, very easy to tote in the woods.