Turkey gun for wife

[peterk123]

Done. Going fancy though. Mossberg semi auto. Going to put a red dot on it for her too. Thanks for all the comments. Very helpful!

 

[Archer829]

.410 with TSS seems like a great option for you!

 

[PNWGATOR]

TSS out of Rossi Tuffy .410 topped with a red dot.

 

[dtrkyman]

If you went 20ga, keep in mind weight of the shot load and velocity equal recoil. Federal has a low recoil load, shop around some of the smaller ammo companies, salt creek, burgess creek, fox trot and look for a 1 3/8th oz load, Apex has one in 2 3/4 for sure as well.

Sub 1100 fps will be a good gauge for recoil as well.

I hand load a 1 5/8th oz load and in a light 20ga I wouldn't have a kid or small lady shooting it, it's quite stiff on recoil even in a gas semi auto!

Any TSS turkey load will get you 40yds with 9s!

 

[Honyock]

Stevens 301 Turkey 410 with a red dot and TSS

 

[Ringbill27]

This is the gun I bought for my wife. Silver Eagle Alpha 2 12ga. It’s a M2 clone. I won it on auction for almost nothing.

She duck hunts with a black eagle 2 so I figured this would be a good because of the controls are the same as her benelli.

I went with 12ga because she can handle the recoil and is the easiest to find in my neck of the woods ammo wise.

 

[butcherboy]

I just bought the Stevens 410. Putting a Sig red dot on it. This is for my daughter but I may just get one for me as well but in a pump or auto. Freakin NM passed a law last year that makes us wait 7 days from purchase to pick the gun up. waited 6 days for the gun to come in to ffl then another 7 days after that!

 

[PaulB84]

its been said many many times already above, but another huge +1 for the 410 and TSS. You simply gotta see what they can do to believe it.

 

[roosiebull]

I didn’t realize that a 410 with TSS was so widely accepted as a 40yd turkey gun.

I am going to get a dedicated turkey gun after this year (currently still using my beater nova 12ga with TSS) and I despise shooting it, it sucks.

My wife is showing some interest and I think she will love turkey hunting when she has her first action, but there is no way she could use my gun

We have a moss 500 20ga too that’s our slug gun, And she has killed a couple nice bucks and a bull with it, and we have a smooth barrel for it too, so I’m going to get a couple chokes and pattern a load with it, but I do want a dedicated turkey gun.

My 90lb daughter killed a bull with the 20 as well, but it rocks her, and want something she can turkey hunt with… 410 wasn’t really on my radar (20ga gas gun was what I was thinking) but maybe the 410 should be considered.

 

[Gobbler36]

I'd say 40 yards max. I've never had to shoot further than that on a bird.

Sounds like I need to take a hard look at a 410.

Go with a 28g
Just bought one for my boys and they are legit getting way more pellets for the same recoil as the .410
My 7 year old shoots the 28 completely fine
Ask me all the time to go shooting now lol !

You think that tss with a 410 is impressive watch some YouTube videos with tss on the 28g 40,50,60 yd gun easy