New Toy

by **cut_un** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:58 am

Thanks IC..... being ole school and a hunter ,not a shooter, you left me in D dust. Got it now. Wackin a longbeard has been on my list for quite a while. Should be fun to do!

by **ICDEDTURKES** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:31 am

cut_un wrote:Thanks IC..... being ole school and a hunter ,not a shooter, you left me in D dust. Got it now. Wackin a longbeard has been on my list for quite a while. Should be fun to do!

No shooter here, regardless of weapons keep everything inside an arbitrary 40 yard line for ethical reasons.. But in doing so, I want the most effective weapon possibly inside 40

by **dsm16428** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:59 pm

Joe, ICDEDTURKEYS will not steer you wrong. We see pretty much eye to eye on things when it comes to turkeys and turkey guns. :cheers:

I don't know if you saw my posts on my 20 gauge 870 build this past spring, but I shot about every turley load available for the 20 commercially except for the Hehi Shot #7's and that was just because I couldn't find a good enough deal on them then. I decided on three specific loadings and 2 chokes for those loadings. The first two were: Primos .570" Jellyhead and either Hevi Shot 6's or the Federal NON-FLIGHTCONTROL WAD lead 6's, both of which patterned beautifaully for me to the ranges I had planned for them; the hevi to 40 yards and the lead to 35 MAX. The third and what I chose to run with this past spring to take the bird that won me the majority of every contest I entered was the Carlson's UN-PORTED .570" choke and the Federal Heavy Weight 7's. I got REDICULOUS patterns with this combo and I was and am confident that I can take a turkey with ease to 40 yards and a bit more if I screw up and mis-judge the range by a few yards. I Super Cleaned and Polished the barrel and got a partriot sear spring for it, bringing the horrendous something like 9 pound trigger pull down to about 3 pounds that broke like glass, had it drilled and tapped and mounted a Bushnell TR-75 micro red-dot and replaced the original field stock with the Remington SurShot model. The whole gun now weighs in at under 6 pounds and will straight up ruin a turkey's morning to 40 yards +. :uhha:

by **ICDEDTURKES** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:42 pm

Thanks DSM and likewise :cheers:

by **BigAL64** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:26 am

These guys will get you into the 21 century Cut! They did me!!

by **cut_un** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:36 am

Thanks guys...may work with the Carlsons tubes as I already use em on my 12 ga for duck/goose hunting.... You know me guys,I'm a caller,not a killer, I enjoy gettin dem turkeys as close as the will come..... I place my decoys out at about 15-25 yards and expect him to be standing toe to toe with the jake/ strutter decoy before I let the hammer drop. Sounds like the gun will def take care of the "small work?...My job will be to get him to the line drawn in the sand :smash:

by **BigAL64** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:23 am

I do the same Cut but as ICDED and DSM has stated there is something to be said for having the best choke-shell combo you can have to have the most shot you can on that birds head. Plus it's fun getting there!! Good Luck!

by **cut_un** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:23 am

Agreed friend...ya gots too enjoy the Journey :cheers:

by **ICDEDTURKES** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:24 am

cut_un wrote:Thanks guys...may work with the Carlsons tubes as I already use em on my 12 ga for duck/goose hunting.... You know me guys,I'm a caller,not a killer, I enjoy gettin dem turkeys as close as the will come..... I place my decoys out at about 15-25 yards and expect him to be standing toe to toe with the jake/ strutter decoy before I let the hammer drop. Sounds like the gun will def take care of the "small work?...My job will be to get him to the line drawn in the sand