How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
04-05-2004 | 10:17 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
Just a note that I remembered in the article. He uses #6 hevishot, 3"mags, although he has used regular #6's in 3" to kill out to 40 as well.
04-05-2004 | 10:58 AM
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RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
I think the biggest measure of the use of a 20 would be what it does on a patterning board. My wife uses a 2 3/4" Remington Youth Sports model 20 gauge autoloader with 1 1/8th oz high velocity lead #4 shot, and a Remington Extra Full choke tube. I've patterned that gun and I won't let her shoot at a turkey that is beyond 30 yards, as 30 yards is really a maximum effective kill range for that gun, shell and choke combo. Still, it is a deadly and effective gun at 30 yards or less. Last year at 15 yards she "no-flopped" her tom!!!
04-05-2004 | 11:27 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
My 20 guage Charles Daly field model with 2 3/4" #6s and a full choke will take their head clean off at 20 yards . The pattern opened unacceptably at 30 yards so I ordered an Undertaker turkey choke from Bass Pro Shops and will increase the shot size to #4s .
04-05-2004 | 01:07 PM
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RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
first thing is to pattern the gun with different shells at different yardages.
then you will know "Yourslef" what it will do.
That being said,I had an over and under 20 ga. over 22 mag.an awsom little gun.the max range from that gun was 30 yards.I used 3" #6 copper plated.I took several birds at 30 yards or less.
the real game is to get them into the best range you can,"CLOSE" is the way I like it.
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then you will know "Yourslef" what it will do.
That being said,I had an over and under 20 ga. over 22 mag.an awsom little gun.the max range from that gun was 30 yards.I used 3" #6 copper plated.I took several birds at 30 yards or less.
the real game is to get them into the best range you can,"CLOSE" is the way I like it.
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04-05-2004 | 05:40 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
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I read an article in the Wisconsin State Journal (maybe you can find it online) yesterday (Sunday) that the CEO of the Wild Turkey Federation has been using a twenty gauge exclusively for the past 7 years in multiple states. He is confident it the 20 to make 40 yd. kills on Turkeys and has done so on several occasions.
I read an article in the Wisconsin State Journal (maybe you can find it online) yesterday (Sunday) that the CEO of the Wild Turkey Federation has been using a twenty gauge exclusively for the past 7 years in multiple states. He is confident it the 20 to make 40 yd. kills on Turkeys and has done so on several occasions.
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04-06-2004 | 06:37 AM
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Fork Horn
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RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
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I have a 20 that will shoot out to 35 yards with a Rhino choke and # 5 shot and do a good job. I’ve patterned it out to 40 and can get 3 to 4 in the kill zone but I wouldn’t count on it in the field the pattern is just too loose at that distance. I did try some Nitro shells I got at the NWTF convention this year and out of five shots I only got one that I felt acceptable at 40 yards and that’s at 4 bucks a shot! I’m giving up on making it a turkey gun I just don’t have the confidence in it or maybe my SBE has colored my expectations of what it can do. So if want to try a 20-gauge Rhino choke with your Remington I have one.
I have a 20 that will shoot out to 35 yards with a Rhino choke and # 5 shot and do a good job. I’ve patterned it out to 40 and can get 3 to 4 in the kill zone but I wouldn’t count on it in the field the pattern is just too loose at that distance. I did try some Nitro shells I got at the NWTF convention this year and out of five shots I only got one that I felt acceptable at 40 yards and that’s at 4 bucks a shot! I’m giving up on making it a turkey gun I just don’t have the confidence in it or maybe my SBE has colored my expectations of what it can do. So if want to try a 20-gauge Rhino choke with your Remington I have one.
04-06-2004 | 06:45 AM
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Fork Horn
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From: Olympia, WA 98502
RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
ORIGINAL: Handles
I read an article in the Wisconsin State Journal (maybe you can find it online) yesterday (Sunday) that the CEO of the Wild Turkey Federation has been using a twenty gauge exclusively for the past 7 years in multiple states. He is confident it the 20 to make 40 yd. kills on Turkeys and has done so on several occasions.
I read an article in the Wisconsin State Journal (maybe you can find it online) yesterday (Sunday) that the CEO of the Wild Turkey Federation has been using a twenty gauge exclusively for the past 7 years in multiple states. He is confident it the 20 to make 40 yd. kills on Turkeys and has done so on several occasions.
04-06-2004 | 08:04 AM
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Fork Horn
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RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
A friend of mine just bought his daughter a Benelli M1 20 gauge and called comp-n-choke, they told him what choke to get and to shoot federal 3 inch #5. She has killed 2 turkeys, one at about 25 and the other at about 35. Her father dropped one at 51 steps. Recoil is like a 22 and it only weighs about 6 lbs, loaded. I am definitely thinking of getting one for myself instead of the heavy 12 gauge auto I use.
04-06-2004 | 02:14 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Jamestown, KY
RE: How far can a 20 shoot with a full choke
The main thing is to pattern YOUR gun to see how it shoots. Will a 20 ga kill a turkey at 40 yds.? Absolutely. I have put 18 pellets of #6 hevi-shot in a 3" circle at a measured 40 yds. with a FULL choke. But remember each gun & choke combo is different. Therefore, PATTERN your gun. A 20 ga & a 12 ga pellet at the same velocith hit with the same energy.