Any turkey shoot competitors?

[davidpatton]

Recently i have been bitten by the turkey shoot bug, but i dont really have a lot of info. Anyone one here willing to share their magic. I understand changing chokes and all that but lets say you are building a barrel from scratch....what is the best setup? I see lots of guys have different chambers, some tight and some larger. Some use a small bore around .709 and some are in tbe .720s. What about sleeving, back boring, and forcing cone length? Any pros out there that can provide a starting point? Thank you any help is much appreciated!

 

[ebb]

Talk to Bud Burkey from Gray Tenn. My cousin knew him and I visited his shop many years ago, he is the turkey shoot gunsmith.

 

[dryhumor]

Find out what shells they use at the shoot(s), try those in your gun with different chokes until you get good results. If you ever find a shotgun that consistently wins meat or money, hang onto it.

I've seen a couple show up through the years that were built for it, but mostly they were factory guns. The longest barrel I saw was 38". It was no better or worse than anything else there.

It can be habit forming though....

 

[Eddie Harren]

I would check with the club that hosts the shoots as to their rules. Many of the shoots, in my area, outlawed sleeves, long forcing cones and back-boring.

 

[davidpatton]

thanks for the responses. i have a factory setup im going to shoot with, but one of the shoots near the house is no rules, any 12 gauge, with any mods. Its basically like benchrest shotguns.