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Author Topic: Escort 20ga turkey????  (Read 5219 times)

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2022, 04:17:13 AM »
The cantilever rail is bolted to barrel.

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2022, 08:03:12 AM »
Maybe I should get the youth model, a little shorter length of pull dovetailed receiver  I can mount a dot on and grandson  can use it.

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2022, 11:16:51 AM »
I went with the youth model myself.  Very compact package with the 22” barrel and short LOP. I had the receiver drilled and tapped for a marlin 336 base and FF3. I ended up with a trulock 585 choke that throws a fantastic uniform pattern with low 300’s in the 10” at 40 yards with 1 5/8 oz of #9’s. The new models use a rem choke thread pattern but the body of the chokes are slightly longer then a a V3 factory choke. About half the thickness of a dime. Just a heads up.

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2022, 09:48:23 AM »
Witchgun, I have been shooting Escorts for 11 yrs now, I do alot of shooting. They are hands down the best guns on the market. I was givin one on a snow goose hunt from the ownner/exporter and was told not to ever clean it. He sends a survay every 6months and I still shoot it and never been cleaned, and never jambed. I have owned every gun they make, sold all the high dollar guns and shoot only escorts, grandkids all shoot them, for the money they are great, they clcle fast

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2022, 11:12:44 AM »
You have to watch these guns with the barrel mounted rail, reason why is with that high front sight , which is not removable on the gun , you will be almost co-witnessing with your red dot and the sight on the gun.. i had this problem with the 410 and i had to add 1/2 riser between the red dot pictinny mount and the rail , which solved the problem and now with that riser i can also use my regular sights...  got the gun all sighted in and the gun shot great...

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2022, 03:55:15 AM »
Picked up the youth model and used a utility dovetail to picatinny  adapter to mount a Vortex red dot. I only fired  some dovetail loads thru it so far to check function  and no problems. 

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2022, 06:52:57 AM »
UTG mount

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #22 on: March 30, 2022, 05:56:15 AM »
I sent one of my chokes to Trulock to get  a .585 that screws all the way in made.

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #23 on: April 05, 2022, 01:03:23 PM »
I have one, semi-auto. Can't beat it for the price. I killed my first turkey with it last year. 38 yards, he didn't even flinch. Dirt nap! Factory choke, TSS #7/9.

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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2024, 09:40:34 PM »
I have one, semi-auto. Can't beat it for the price. I killed my first turkey with it last year. 38 yards, he didn't even flinch. Dirt nap! Factory choke, TSS #7/9.
Same results for me with it two years ago at 40. It’s a solid option for anyone I think. Pretty light and very maneuverable which is nice.


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Re: Escort 20ga turkey????
« Reply #25 on: April 11, 2024, 05:18:33 PM »
Bought one myself recently. Had trigger issues, unbelievably heavy pull. Emailed customer service and they offered to let me send it in or they would send another trigger. I opted for the new trigger. Had to spend 40 to get someone to put it in for me, but it's world's better. Also bought a fastfire II that I had to send back because the dot wouldn't lock down. Exchanged for a vortex viper. 
Already well into the season, but what patterning I've done looks great. TSS super slam 1 5/8 #9s and a .575 trulock.