What shotgun are you all using for Turkeys

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WKR
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I have a Rem 870 12 gauge now.
It shoots great but looking to get a little nicer gun that is Semi Auto.
What are you all using.
Been looking at some but reviews on about anything is all over the place.
Looking for something in the $800-$1000 range that is optic ready to run a red dot also.
 
I used a 20 gauge Mossberg 500 for a few years when I was younger and have been using a 12 gauge 870 for the last few. This year I plan to shoot my Beretta A300 Ultima that I bought last year but I just looked and that's not drilled and tapped for optics. I like the gun so far and they do make versions with either a pic rail or red dot footprint.
 
Look at a Beretta A300. I have one and been happy with it. But I now primarily grab my Beretta A400 Extrema for bird hunting including turkeys in the US and Mexico.
 
Beretta A300 20 gauge. I also have the same gun in 12 but like how light and trim the 20 is and with TSS you aren’t giving up much, if anything.
Get on Palmetto’s emails. They send a few emails a day but I think I got mine in camo for $650 or something close.
 
I’m using a 12 gauge super black eagle 3 with the 24” barrel and pistol grip. Topped with a fast fire 4 and their speedbead mount. I love that mount!

It’s been a great gun.
 
Benelii Super Vinci with a 26" barrel is my do all shotgun. I've never seen the need to buy other shotguns for hunting. If I ever get in to more upland hunting, then I might look to get something lighter for that.
 
For turkey hunting, it’s hard to be a Rem 870 20ga Compact with a 21” barrel. IC 555 and #9 handloads will give me 300 pellets in a 10” circle at 40 yards all day long.

I use a Sumtoy mount and a Vortex Venom red dot.

If you can find one, a Rem 1187 20ga Compact with a 21” barrel is also very nice. Mine with same setup as I list above gives me 350 pellets.
 
I had a buddy talk me into moving into turkeys last year. None of my current shotguns really are ideal for turkey being either older autoloaders with no removable choke or shiny fancy doubles so I built a Stevens 301 410 with a Bushnell red dot just for that purpose. It kills great with Apex Ninja.

Well, now that the rest of the family wants to come I needed a second gun so I ordered a Mossberg SA20 tactical turkey this weekend. Going to feed it some flavor of TSS and top it with a Holosun 510C that was sitting on an AR15 that never gets shot.
 
Weatherby Element Turkey 20g. No longer being made, but is great. Wish I would have bought a couple for the price they were getting rid of them at. Second gun is a Tristar .410 over under. Shooting TSS out of both. Have others that I have used but these are my main two guns.
 
tristar viper g2 turkey 12 guage for now. I might move to a mossberg sa 20 next year. but with the day I had dont listen to me about anything turkey
 
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