DMP25-06
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I am in agreement with Groot . I also have a Weatherby SA-459 shotgun , in 12 guage that has a 22" barrel , pistol grip, fitted with a picatinny rail for optics , and equiped with a red fiber-optic front sight bead .I have a weatherby SA-459 turkey (im pretty sure it's the 459 model) and it was everything I wanted in a dedicated turkey gun and more for about 650 bucks out the door. It's only a 3 inch gun but in all seriousness unless you're looking too shoot birds at 70-80+ yards you don't need anything more. Big boomers are cool but on a perfect Crisp spring morning listening to birds gobble the last thing I would want is to get rattled by a 3.5 12 gauge turkey load. Like many others have suggested a 20 is more than enough with load technology and availability nowadays.
Also the 459 also had a 20 gauge model. I'm not sure if they make them anymore though, might be worth looking into though
Mine is black , not the camo pattern on the Weatherby SA-459 Turkey models . It shoots great , and will run light or heavy field loads as well as 3" magnum shells . Mine came with a compensated Extra-Full choke tube , as well as being able to use standard Browning Invector choke tubes .
Palmettostatearmory.com has the black 12 guage model , in stock for $419.99 .
Model : SA459SY1222PGM
Palmetto also shows the Weatherby Turkey SA-459 Camo , in 12 or 20 guage , but both are out of stock .
DMP25-06