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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
[Re: Remington270]
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08/26/19 09:54 AM
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GomerPyle
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I'd say 22ish. My Winchester 1300 is 24", plus like an extra 1" or 1.25" for the extended choke. Does barrel length affect shotgun ballistics as much as it does with rifles? If this 20ga Stoeger becomes just a turkey gun instead of a do-it-all gun, I'll have the barrel cut down to probably 22".
Last edited by GomerPyle; 08/26/19 09:56 AM.
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
[Re: Remington270]
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08/26/19 09:55 AM
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I've got a 21" barrel on my 870 Youth. To me, that's about perfect. It makes shooting it with a bead much tougher for me. A red dot did away with that issue, though.
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/26/19 09:55 AM
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I’ve always used 24 or 26 and I like em but many like the really short barrels
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/26/19 11:13 AM
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26" on the 10 Gauge....plus the choke tube.....but I also use it for Waterfowl. You just made my shoulder hurt reading about that!
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
[Re: Remington270]
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08/26/19 11:38 AM
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I have an 18.5" barrel on my 870 20 gauge. No way I would go back to something longer.
"The only reason I shoot a 3.5" shell for turkeys is because they don't make a 4" one." - t123winters
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/26/19 04:29 PM
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/26/19 06:41 PM
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I have an 18.5" barrel on my 870 20 gauge. No way I would go back to something longer. say you like short barrels Chad? 🙊
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/26/19 06:47 PM
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You like long black ones.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/27/19 07:43 AM
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I sent a gun to Stan Baker, the US Olympic Skeet teams gunsmith in Cali in the late 60s/70s. He chronoed an 870 bbl by the inch and told me to make it 25" because the velocity loss from 30 to 25 was slow and gradual but below 25 it dropped off fast. So he cut my bbl to 25 and installed one of his custom chokes in it...building the first modern turkey gun in the US, or world as far as I know. His choke system was later bought by Winchester and became WinChokes, the first commercial screw in choke.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
[Re: Remington270]
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08/27/19 08:22 AM
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I have found a few things, in life, that always hold true. Your work shop can never be too big. Your wife can never want too much lovin. You will never have too many toys. And the barrel of your favorite turkey gun can never be too short.
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
[Re: Hevishot13]
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08/27/19 08:48 AM
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I have an 18.5" barrel on my 870 20 gauge. No way I would go back to something longer. say you like short barrels Chad? 🙊 Don't necessarily like it. But I have lots of experience wielding one though....a lifetime's worth!
"The only reason I shoot a 3.5" shell for turkeys is because they don't make a 4" one." - t123winters
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
[Re: JUGHEAD]
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08/27/19 08:50 AM
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I have an 18.5" barrel on my 870 20 gauge. No way I would go back to something longer. say you like short barrels Chad? 🙊 Don't necessarily like it. But I have lots of experience wielding one though....a lifetime's worth! Girth is better than length.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/27/19 10:24 AM
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I have an 18.5" barrel on my 870 20 gauge. No way I would go back to something longer. say you like short barrels Chad? 🙊 Don't necessarily like it. But I have lots of experience wielding one though....a lifetime's worth! Well played pal! 👏🏻
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Re: Ideal turkey shotgun barrel length?
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08/30/19 07:54 AM
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With todays denser than lead shot there is no problem getting a great pattern out of a short barrel. And a shorter barrel is way more maneuverable if you have to set up in thick cover. The barrel on my turkey gun is 20 inches.
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