I think it is agreed upon that the 870 and 835 are the most popular turkey guns. What gun do you all think would come in 3rd place?
I would think SBE
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Mossberg 500 my best guess
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Quote from: mmorgan9812 on June 14, 2020, 06:00:56 PM
Mossberg 500 my best guess
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My guess as well. The advent of TSS and the growing popularity of sub gauge turkey guns might, over time, shake up those rankings somewhat. As of today though, probably more turkeys killed historically with 870s and 835s than everything else combined.
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Quote from: mmorgan9812 on June 14, 2020, 06:00:56 PM
Mossberg 500 my best guess
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My guess as well. The advent of TSS and the growing popularity of sub gauge turkey guns might, over time, shake up those rankings somewhat. As of today though, probably more turkeys killed historically with 870s and 835s than everything else combined.
100 percent correct.
3rd has to be a gun you can get under $400. There have been alot of birds killed with a SBE but I know a ton of people who can't afford one or would never pay the $$$ even if they had it. So that's why I feel comfortable with a Mossberg 500 as my vote for 3rd
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Pump, id say the 500 is a good bet. Semi auto probably Rem 11-87, but I believe thats the case in my area. Going back to the pump, if we turned back time a couple of decades, id say the Winchester model 12 was high on the list
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SBE
Between the 2 Mossbergs, I'd be tempted to think more have taken to the turkey woods with a Mossberg 500 than the 835.
The Remington 870 and the Mossberg 500 are the 2 most popular shotguns of the past 6 decades.
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Quote from: AppalachianHollers on June 14, 2020, 11:02:08 PM
Between the 2 Mossbergs, I'd be tempted to think more have taken to the turkey woods with a Mossberg 500 than the 835.
The Remington 870 and the Mossberg 500 are the 2 most popular shotguns of the past 6 decades.
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Seems like the 870`s been produced in about a million variants. Some are kind of mutants. My turkey gun is an `05 model, Thumbhole Super Magnum Special Purpose in MO Obsession. Raised comb, true thumbhole stock, misshapen forearm stock. If it didn`t have " Remington 870 Super Magnum " on the receiver you might not guess it was an 870! Helluva turkey gun, though.
I'd say photo finish between the 500 and the 1300 but for up front affordability through the discount box stores, etc. the advantage goes to the 500.
Quote from: paboxcall on June 15, 2020, 02:20:28 PM
I'd say photo finish between the 500 and the 1300 but for up front affordability through the discount box stores, etc. the advantage goes to the 500.
you bring up a pretty interesting point about the 1300, i wonder why the 1300 is not carried in more retailers? If there ore profit margin in the mossbergs?
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I'd say photo finish between the 500 and the 1300 but for up front affordability through the discount box stores, etc. the advantage goes to the 500.
you bring up a pretty interesting point about the 1300, i wonder why the 1300 is not carried in more retailers? If there ore profit margin in the mossbergs?
It was discontinued in favor of the SXP, no?
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Quote from: AppalachianHollers on June 15, 2020, 09:29:07 PM
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I'd say photo finish between the 500 and the 1300 but for up front affordability through the discount box stores, etc. the advantage goes to the 500.
you bring up a pretty interesting point about the 1300, i wonder why the 1300 is not carried in more retailers? If there ore profit margin in the mossbergs?
It was discontinued in favor of the SXP,
You probably hit the nail on the head. I don't follow Winchesters that much.
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I really like my 28" SXP, but in a few years I want to use it only for wingshooting after I get a turkey-specific gun that's a bit handier (maybe a 20 gauge, jump on the TSS train...would become a handy youth gun for my son when he comes of hunting age...but there's still some water to flow under the bridge till then).
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LOL about the 835, they are junk.
Quote from: Fullfan on June 16, 2020, 07:12:07 AM
LOL about the 835, they are junk.
They might not be the best quality but nothing out shoots one
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Quote from: Fullfan on June 16, 2020, 07:12:07 AM
LOL about the 835, they are junk.
That "junk" sure has killed a lot of turkeys through the years. You don`t have to hunt too hard to find somebody who`ll tell you that the 835 Ulti Mag is the best patterning turkey gun ever. I`d probably be shooting one myself if my buddy hadn`t put me on my 870 Super Mag a few seasons back.
I read that over 11,000,000 870's were sold. That is staggering.......great gun.....
mossberg 500 i bet, its a great gun and affordable
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Mossberg 500 would be my guess, though I am not a fan of them.
I'd say Mossberg 500 also, but I'll throw another one out there for honorable mention, the Remington 1100 or 11-87. Probably a regional thing, but it seems to me that where I live our turkey numbers were going up in the 60's at about the same time that the 1100s were new and gaining popularity. I'm 50 and guys about 10 years older than myself seemed to really like 870's or an 1100 and many moved on to an 11-87.
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Quote from: Fullfan on June 16, 2020, 07:12:07 AM
LOL about the 835, they are junk.
They might not be the best quality but nothing out shoots one
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My 11-87's and my X2 all out shot my 835. Same choke and shell combos. Have had my 835 for no less than 28-29 years, never liked it. But because it was the first 3.5" gun I just had to have it. It has been in the home defense role for the past 25 years.
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Quote from: mmorgan9812 on June 16, 2020, 08:57:58 AM
Quote from: Fullfan on June 16, 2020, 07:12:07 AM
LOL about the 835, they are junk.
They might not be the best quality but nothing out shoots one
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My 11-87's and my X2 all out shot my 835. Same choke and shell combos. Have had my 835 for no less than 28-29 years, never liked it. But because it was the first 3.5" gun I just had to have it. It has been in the home defense role for the past 25 years.
You got a bad one then. Sorry to hear it let you down. I would say 90+% of the people would say different. They are great guns
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Since 1950 over 12,000,000 (that's twelve million) 870's have been sold. Second I would say Mossberg 500 and third I would say Mossberg 835, by sheer volume of sales of these guns. The vast majority of turkey hunters don't make enough to buy large collections of turkey calls or foreign Italian auto-loaders. The vast majority of turkey hunters buy what works and buy the best they can afford. And I might add the men toting these guns in the turkey woods probably shoot the majority of the turkeys taken, just my opinion, we all got one.
The ironic thing is that most guys would trade a Benelli for an 1187 Greenleaf camo. That's how values have changed in our turkey gun arena. If we all would have known.......