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<blockquote data-quote="justinp61" data-source="post: 2400871" data-attributes="member: 35795"><p>I started turkey hunting years ago with a 3 1/2" Mossburg 835, IMO it was a piece of ****. Sold it and bought a 3 1/2" 870 SPS Super Mag and killed a bunch of turkeys with it. It was a punisher, but not as bad as the 835. In December of 2011 I had to have surgery on my shooting shoulder and was off work for three months. I hadn't thought of a gun or picked one up until three weeks before turkey season. There were sparrows on one of my bluebird houses. so I grabbed one of my 20 gauge 870's and shot him off. The pain put me on my knees and the first thought that went through my pea brain was "there is no way I can shoot the Super Mag". There weren't many choices in 20 gauge at the time but I did find and buy a camo 11-87 SPS in 20. After finding what choke and ammo it likes, Federal Heavy Weight #7, I was ready to hunt.</p><p></p><p>I wish I'd made the 20 gauge change years before I did, the gun is a joy to tote around, doesn't knock you silly when you shoot it and flat out lays turkeys down. I weighed the Super Mag and the 11-87, both empty and the 11-87 was over two pounds lighter. Now at almost 61yo I really appreciate the lighter gun and way less recoil. I still don't know that today my shoulder could take the recoil of the 3 1/2" 870.</p><p></p><p>Don't be afraid of 20 gauges, the turkeys won't know the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justinp61, post: 2400871, member: 35795"] I started turkey hunting years ago with a 3 1/2" Mossburg 835, IMO it was a piece of ****. Sold it and bought a 3 1/2" 870 SPS Super Mag and killed a bunch of turkeys with it. It was a punisher, but not as bad as the 835. In December of 2011 I had to have surgery on my shooting shoulder and was off work for three months. I hadn't thought of a gun or picked one up until three weeks before turkey season. There were sparrows on one of my bluebird houses. so I grabbed one of my 20 gauge 870's and shot him off. The pain put me on my knees and the first thought that went through my pea brain was "there is no way I can shoot the Super Mag". There weren't many choices in 20 gauge at the time but I did find and buy a camo 11-87 SPS in 20. After finding what choke and ammo it likes, Federal Heavy Weight #7, I was ready to hunt. I wish I'd made the 20 gauge change years before I did, the gun is a joy to tote around, doesn't knock you silly when you shoot it and flat out lays turkeys down. I weighed the Super Mag and the 11-87, both empty and the 11-87 was over two pounds lighter. Now at almost 61yo I really appreciate the lighter gun and way less recoil. I still don't know that today my shoulder could take the recoil of the 3 1/2" 870. Don't be afraid of 20 gauges, the turkeys won't know the difference. [/QUOTE]
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