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What ML do you use for turkey hunting?
I'm searching for a shotgun/smoothbore with tight choke for a turkey gun. I was pointed toward a jug choked cylinder bore on the traditional forum. That seems to be the consensus over there. I was leaning more toward screw in chokes like a New Englander or TK2000. Or having a barrel made for my CVA Hawken 50 with 1" channel stock.
Had the idea of the breech end of an old 1" barrel cut off and a round 12g barrel attached to create a new barrel. I asked a few barrel makers if they could make a barrel 1" octagon out to 13.5". Then start rounding it down all the way to the muzzle. No replies.
I'm just trying to build or find a fun, good shooting, tight, ML turkey gun. Screw in chokes are not a pita to me like was said on the traditional forum. It was mentioned over there that a cylinder bore barrel with full jug choke will pattern better or as well as a modern shotgun with turkey chokes.
The jug choked 12g guns with a skychief load out to 25 looks good. But I think it can be better.
What is everyone's opinions?
I'm searching for a shotgun/smoothbore with tight choke for a turkey gun. I was pointed toward a jug choked cylinder bore on the traditional forum. That seems to be the consensus over there. I was leaning more toward screw in chokes like a New Englander or TK2000. Or having a barrel made for my CVA Hawken 50 with 1" channel stock.
Had the idea of the breech end of an old 1" barrel cut off and a round 12g barrel attached to create a new barrel. I asked a few barrel makers if they could make a barrel 1" octagon out to 13.5". Then start rounding it down all the way to the muzzle. No replies.
I'm just trying to build or find a fun, good shooting, tight, ML turkey gun. Screw in chokes are not a pita to me like was said on the traditional forum. It was mentioned over there that a cylinder bore barrel with full jug choke will pattern better or as well as a modern shotgun with turkey chokes.
The jug choked 12g guns with a skychief load out to 25 looks good. But I think it can be better.
What is everyone's opinions?