Howdy Folks,
here is a little info on my turkey killer
my favorite turkey gun is a custom built Savage model 220 hammerless single barrel with a tang safety. these guns were made from 1938-1965 so they are kinda hard to come by nowadays.
the gun weighs in at 5 3/4 pounds and is a dream to tote around in these mountains.
over the years with me being a Gunsmith , i have owned all kinds of shotguns that i had turkey hunted with but none even compare for me ....lol (got rid of a $900 Benelli)
the turkey gun has had just about all that you can imagine done to it to enhance the way it shoots and handles.
Point of aim is dead on with just a front bead when sighting down the ventilated rib (built it this way)and it shoots in excess of 98 percent patterns at 40 yards easily with #4 or #5 shot and No it was not easy to achieve this...lol
the gun has a 3 inch cambered 26 inch custom ventilated rib barrel that has been highly modified to achieve my goals in a turkey gun.
the barrel has had the forcing cone lengthened(then highly polished) to be three inches long ahead of the 3 inch chamber then the bore size has been backbored(then highly polished) to a larger size of .742 (standard is .729) to shorten the wad column and reduce felt recoil further , then it has a custom .650 choke tube(Rem-Choke style) made by Hastings installed (by custom i mean i have modified the internal configuration of it to suit my purpose). all this gives me around .092 thousandths of constriction for my tuned choke/bore combination.
Yeah it DOES kick a little with it being so light but I've got a very good recoil pad made by Terminator (USA Products)installed and it also has a padded Sorbothane comb on the stock in the cheek area coverd with a (Mossy Oak stock cover by Beartooth products) as well as a molded finger hand grip with a palm swell (notice it in the pic's) to enhance your grip and tame it a bit
anyways you never feel it when ole tom walks out and you pull the trigger and this is my number one goal
one shot is all you need and you make sure of your shot with a single barrel.
If there happens to be more than one turk ? well then that is another hunt.
there is a lot more to a turkey gun than just picking one off the shelf at the local sporting goods store......lol
Take Care,