turkey gun advice mossberg 500 or 535

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01-04-2013, 07:55 AM

#31

ddk

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Join Date: Jan 2013

Location: St. Louis

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Originally Posted by SecondChance

I have the 535 that I won at our WhiteTails Unlimited banquet last year and my dad, at 73yrs old, took his first turkey at 47yds this past spring. DOA!!!!!! No flop, just drop!!! 3" Hevi-13's in 6's. Using the Moss. XX tube that came with it. That and the fiber optic sights. A guy and his son here at work has used it to take 4 this past year as well. Closest was 7 yds and the longest was 56yds. All with the same tube and shells. I have yet to see a bird with it!!!!!

Thanks for this information!! I just posted before reading this comment.

01-04-2013, 08:34 AM

#32

snapper1982

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Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: ohio

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Originally Posted by egall816

thanks everyone for the advice im having a tough time picking the 500 tactical turkey is a little cheaper but the drawbacks is it only chambers 3" and no red dot but on the other but on the other hand the 500 is drilled and tapped so i could add one on and would a 3" shell be ample for turkey? i was going to buy after market choke and try out different shells to find the best pattern for it

3 inch shell is more than ample for turkeys. many a turkey has been felled by a 2.75 inch low brass shell(not recomended). the part you got to figure out is what your effective range is and keep your shots in that range. and by all means practice judging yards while sitting on the ground. it is harder that it looks.