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Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens
Garry, my favorite turkey gun is my Rem 870 Wingmaster 12 ga that I bought with my money made by throwing hay bales in the summer( $1.00/hr) when I was 17.
It now sports a 21" barrel with a turkey X-Full choke, and a 2X Weaver scope. Put the crosshairs on the wattles and down goes the bird. More importantly, it has a sling, making it much easier to get around when moving. I shot my first bird this year with it--the second bird was with the Grade 2 hammer gun.
Sure killed a lot of deer with that gun also, with a rifled choke tube in place, and still have its original 28" barrel.
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Harold, I think the 870 has some pretty fine history, and most certainly a wide following. My first turkey gun was a 36" H&R 12 gauge that my wife bought me back when we were in college in Athens (and were both on food stamps). She bought it at a local pawn shop, and I killed quite a few Toms with it for a number of years. Your 870 also has the added attraction of a great personal history as well. That makes a gun special.
At the risk of ridicule, I was carrying my Mossberg pump gun. It's got a sling, doesn't weigh all that much, has luminous sites...and shoots Winchester Longbeard shells accurately to pretty significant distances. One of my goals for this Fall is to take a turkey with my EH 10. I bought it just for such hunting.
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