turkey gun

[charlie cleveland]

ive really had a problem these last few days trying to decide on which gun to carry the first day of the turkey season...i shot the 8 ga parker today the fa loomis 8 ga the 10 ga ithaca mag the stevens 12 ga 3 1/2 inch double and the 10 ga parker..i like all these guns and either one of them will kill turkeys...but for handleing and shooting the 10 ga parker won out today...it will out pattern the 12 ga gun real bad at any distance from 35 steps to 70 steps...the 8 ga s shoot large shot really well but theres always that weight factor...the 10 ga parker weighs iun at 9 1/4 lbs and the parker 8 weighs 13 1/2 and the old loomis 8 ga comes in at 15 lbs loaded......its hard to beat that old parker 10 ga for balance it handles like a gun weighing 7 1/2 lbs...and the old 10 ga really shoots 12 ga loads good thru those gage mate adapters...unbelievable good patterns at 50 steps with shooting the 12 ga shells in the old ten... so for now i will carry the old ten ga parker but after the first turkey if i get one i will hunt with the other guns... boy what a problem a man has trying to choose what gun to hunt with... charlie