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I've always wanted a ln NWTF Winchester 1300 with the 22 inch barrel. I just think that's the prettiest gun. I held one at the gun shop that a guy had bought 2 years ago and the action was so smooth and the wood was beautiful. I'll never go into a gun shop and let one in good condition get away again. What's your dream turkey gun?

That's my dream turkey gun too! Proud to say I have it, 1988 NWTF 1300 turkey 12ga. They don't get any better for me!

Funny I was just looking at a beautiful Winchester 1300 NWTF on Gunbroker. I was thinking of bidding on it but it's so nice it would just sit in the safe and I'd never use it. My very first gun was a 20 gauge 1300 back in the late 80's. Wish I still had it. I guess I can say I have my dream turkey gun even though it's nothing too fancy. Its a Winchester SX3 NWTF with an Aimpoint red dot that does everything I need. But we can never have too many turkey guns so I am about to buy a 20 gauge SX3. I already bought a Trijicon RMR that will be going on her.

Quote from: Missouri hunter on February 21, 2021, 08:39:14 PM
That's my dream turkey gun too! Proud to say I have it, 1988 NWTF 1300 turkey 12ga. They don't get any better for me!

I would love to see a picture of it!

i don't have one that i've always wanted, but I'm sure lusting over a beretta 1301 tactical .  id they offered it in 20 ga they wouldn't be able to take my money fast enough

I had one.  Bought it brand New Years ago.  It killed on one end and crippled on the other.  Hardest recoiling shotgun I ever shot.  I sold it when I ran into hard times in the early 90s.  I don't miss that shotgun at all.  I hope you find one and enjoy it.


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They are a great gun. Love them. Compact, well made, and pattern unreal.....be safe

Greenleaf 870

Quote from: Gooserbat on February 21, 2021, 09:40:50 PM
Greenleaf 870

X2, I have the original bottomland, but I would love to add the Greenleaf. It's one of a kind.....

 I've always liked the original mossberg 835's. The first models with the old real tree and mossy oak green leaf patterns and the corn cob style pump handle. Though I have a newer 835 already with 20" barrel I'd love to have one of these old ones just because. There's not much you can't achieve with one of these guns and the superior patterns they throw is just crazy. Not to mention the huge number of chokes made for them and any size and style of shot or buck load they can shoot as well. My uncle has an original in the old woodland camo he bought the first year they came out and it's been his main turkey gun ever since. I'd love to know the number of spring gobblers and fall hens he's brought down with it. I've shot and patterned it many times and though it's the same gun basically as the newer ones it still feels somewhat different to me, in a good way. They're just cool old guns, there's something special about them, and I need one of them in my life!haha

I'd love to have A nwtf 1300 also! I own my other dream gun. Sx2 nwtf with vortex and sure cycle


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Quote from: Tom007 on February 21, 2021, 09:28:54 PM
They are a great gun. Love them. Compact, well made, and pattern unreal.....be safe

Those are nice!!

I have always hunted with an 835 so I guess I assume I can handle any recoil. I never heard that about the 1300 before. I have some 870s even have a bottomland one. But I hunt with an m2. Love that little 20. My first one was a youth 500 mossy. Love that one too. Can never have too many turkey guns

Quote from: Tom007 on February 21, 2021, 09:28:54 PM
They are a great gun. Love them. Compact, well made, and pattern unreal.....be safe

beautiful guns brother.

I already own it my Remington 11-87 that I made to a dedicated turkey gun.

Now I have couple of others too, but if I were to buy another it would be this from the Benelli Performance Shop in a 20ga.


MK M GOBL

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Quote from: Tom007 on February 21, 2021, 09:28:54 PM
They are a great gun. Love them. Compact, well made, and pattern unreal.....be safe

Those are nice!!

Thank you, found them at local gun shows before they were popular. Prices have gone crazy on them. Like everything else I guess......be safe

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 05:42:09 AM

Quote from: Tom007 on February 21, 2021, 09:28:54 PM
They are a great gun. Love them. Compact, well made, and pattern unreal.....be safe

beautiful guns brother.

Thank you my friend....you can find them. I lucked out before they became sought after....

Quote from: MK M GOBL on February 22, 2021, 07:17:03 AM
I already own it my Remington 11-87 that I made to a dedicated turkey gun.

Now I have couple of others too, but if I were to buy another it would be this from the Benelli Performance Shop in a 20ga.


MK M GOBL

Beauties there, your dream guns in hand.....

I have an NWTF 1300, but would love to have another so that I can hunt with the one I have without feeling bad about it. My main gun is a Franchi compact, but I'll take the 1300 out when I know that I won't to beat it up.

The gun i always wanted, i guess i already have it among my turkey guns, ones that shoot true and has a great pattern. I setup or kind of build my own 20 ga. from youth model 870. It's just a joy to shoot and carry. Sure i like to have all the different turkey guns SO i'm not going to say it's the best, but i will say it's a shooter.

Quote from: snoodcrusher on February 21, 2021, 09:17:06 PM
I had one.  Bought it brand New Years ago.  It killed on one end and crippled on the other.  Hardest recoiling shotgun I ever shot.  I sold it when I ran into hard times in the early 90s.  I don't miss that shotgun at all.  I hope you find one and enjoy it.


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Without question the 1300s kick the snot out of you. Bought the 1300 Buck & Tom edition new when they were released. 22" barrel, synthetic stocks, dipped in New Breakup, with a Hastings .660 and Supreme #5s, patterned really well. When I got into hevi-13 #7s, a buddy who uses a 870 asked me to shoot that little 1300. He shot it once and said that was the most recoil he ever felt LOL.

But the gun I always wanted I bought new 20+ years ago, and traded after the first year. It was a H&R single shot NWTF gun of the year, factory dipped in original Bottomland. I tried shooting 3.5" shells through it, and it was just too much. Never occurred to me to try 3" back then. Soon as I sold it I regretted it.

When a lightly used H&R just like it popped up on GB few years later I hit the buy now button for $90. With a original JH .660, that gun would put 275+ in 10" with Hevi-13 #7s. Kicked bad even with 3" loads, but a joy to tote around. Sumtoy installed fiber optic rifle sights on it. Just a perfect turkey gun.

That H&R is my backup gun now. Goes in the truck on every hunt just in case something happens to my 20 gauge.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4327/35839032461_be768e3c67_w.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WAYpJM)

Dream shotgun for me would be a Browning BPS. Still not at the point in life where I can jump $400 in price point. But to have one for waterfowl and one for turkey (or a specialty combo barrel model in Bottomland, Blades/Max-5 or some other pattern) would be the dream.


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Quote from: snoodcrusher on February 21, 2021, 09:17:06 PM
I had one.  Bought it brand New Years ago.  It killed on one end and crippled on the other.  Hardest recoiling shotgun I ever shot.  I sold it when I ran into hard times in the early 90s.  I don't miss that shotgun at all.  I hope you find one and enjoy it.


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Without question the 1300s kick the snot out of you. Bought the 1300 Buck & Tom edition new when they were released. 22" barrel, synthetic stocks, dipped in New Breakup, with a Hastings .660 and Supreme #5s, patterned really well. When I got into hevi-13 #7s, a buddy who uses a 870 asked me to shoot that little 1300. He shot it once and said that was the most recoil he ever felt LOL.

But the gun I always wanted I bought new 20+ years ago, and traded after the first year. It was a H&R single shot NWTF gun of the year, factory dipped in original Bottomland. I tried shooting 3.5" shells through it, and it was just too much. Never occurred to me to try 3" back then. Soon as I sold it I regretted it.

When a lightly used H&R just like it popped up on GB few years later I hit the buy now button for $90. With a original JH .660, that gun would put 275+ in 10" with Hevi-13 #7s. Kicked bad even with 3" loads, but a joy to tote around. Sumtoy installed fiber optic rifle sights on it. Just a perfect turkey gun.

That H&R is my backup gun now. Goes in the truck on every hunt just in case something happens to my 20 gauge.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4327/35839032461_be768e3c67_w.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WAYpJM)

That is a beauty, love the fact you got it back after regretting selling your first one....looks great.

sp10 turkey model. i remember when they came out and remember thinking how awesome it was that they were making a 10 gauge semi auto again. Always love the satin wood and parkerized finish on the Remington Sp shotguns.

Remington bottomland 11-87 or 870 is on my list.

I also would love to find a 20 gauge left handed 870 wing master.. talk about a rare bird lol

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 11:36:22 AM
I also would love to find a 20 gauge left handed 870 wing master.. talk about a rare bird lol

Yea, I am lefty too my friend. I have learned over the years to put up with shells flying out in front of my face due to limited left handed gun availability. I don't even see them anymore.....be safe..

Quote from: Tom007 on February 22, 2021, 12:01:09 PM

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 11:36:22 AM
I also would love to find a 20 gauge left handed 870 wing master.. talk about a rare bird lol

Yea, I am lefty too my friend. I have learned over the years to put up with shells flying out in front of my face due to limited left handed gun availability. I don't even see them anymore.....be safe..

My m2 is a lefty and I had to order it, kinda got spoiled with that safety going the correct way ;)

The first year browning made the bps in 10 gauge I bought one. 30 inch barrel with the most beautiful blueing and wood you could imagine. Of course I drove right to mark bansners shop and had the barrel cut to 22" and a choke sweated in. A rattle can paint job made it turkey ready. This was before screw in chokes were popular so dedicated turkey guns were built not bought.
That gun really shot well but all this talk about recoil....... nothing on earth kicked like that gun. Bloody nose black eye swollen cheek were the norm with that thing.
I traded it on a sp-10 when they came out and never looked back. The sp-10 is still my primary gobbler killer.

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Quote from: Tom007 on February 22, 2021, 12:01:09 PM

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 11:36:22 AM
I also would love to find a 20 gauge left handed 870 wing master.. talk about a rare bird lol

Yea, I am lefty too my friend. I have learned over the years to put up with shells flying out in front of my face due to limited left handed gun availability. I don't even see them anymore.....be safe..

My m2 is a lefty and I had to order it, kinda got spoiled with that safety going the correct way ;)

I get that....

Quote from: Brian Fahs on February 22, 2021, 03:45:30 PM
The first year browning made the bps in 10 gauge I bought one. 30 inch barrel with the most beautiful blueing and wood you could imagine. Of course I drove right to mark bansners shop and had the barrel cut to 22" and a choke sweated in. A rattle can paint job made it turkey ready. This was before screw in chokes were popular so dedicated turkey guns were built not bought.
That gun really shot well but all this talk about recoil....... nothing on earth kicked like that gun. Bloody nose black eye swollen cheek were the norm with that thing.
I traded it on a sp-10 when they came out and never looked back. The sp-10 is still my primary gobbler killer.
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I did the same thing with an SP-10 years ago. Mark cut the barrel to 22, put in the Turkey/Predator choke system. He put Williams rifled sights on the barrel. The thing shot great, but I sold it to buy an SBE. It was very heavy, but I wish I still had it......Mark Bansner did great work...be safe.....

My nephew picked up a CZ Mallard 20 gauge a couple years ago.  Double trigger.  Put some sights on the rib and we just shot it with TSS at 40 (trulock choke) and Lead #6 (factory Mod) at 15 yards.  POA and POI are close enough if you aim at the waddle/feather border, it is a dead turkey.  I want to find one now.  Of course, if I can even find one, the POA will probably be off. They are not top of the line guns. I think he just got real lucky. 

Some day I want to trick out a 410 H&R or some other little 410.  Kill one bird with it and hand it down to my grandson.  He has his momma's youth model 20 Rem to move up to when he gets too old for the 410.  Gotta think ahead.  His momma has not killed a bird with it, but his uncle has.   

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Quote from: Brian Fahs on February 22, 2021, 03:45:30 PM
The first year browning made the bps in 10 gauge I bought one. 30 inch barrel with the most beautiful blueing and wood you could imagine. Of course I drove right to mark bansners shop and had the barrel cut to 22" and a choke sweated in. A rattle can paint job made it turkey ready. This was before screw in chokes were popular so dedicated turkey guns were built not bought.
That gun really shot well but all this talk about recoil....... nothing on earth kicked like that gun. Bloody nose black eye swollen cheek were the norm with that thing.
I traded it on a sp-10 when they came out and never looked back. The sp-10 is still my primary gobbler killer.
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I did the same thing with an SP-10 years ago. Mark cut the barrel to 22, put in the Turkey/Predator choke system. He put Williams rifled sights on the barrel. The thing shot great, but I sold it to buy an SBE. It was very heavy, but I wish I still had it......Mark Bansner did great work...be safe.....

I bought my sp-10 brand new for $800 and picked up a 22" rifle sighted barrel for $125 a couple weeks after I bought it new. I had it tapped for a vortex venom on a sumtoy mount 2 years ago. An Indian creek choke and 2 1/2 ounces of TSS #7 brings good results.
I never minded the weight of the gun. I have gorilla size hands and like the feel of that gun in my hands. I own several other turkey guns but I can truthfully say the sp-10 is my dream gun.

Quote from: Brian Fahs on February 22, 2021, 05:33:27 PM

Quote from: Tom007 on February 22, 2021, 05:18:40 PM

Quote from: Brian Fahs on February 22, 2021, 03:45:30 PM
The first year browning made the bps in 10 gauge I bought one. 30 inch barrel with the most beautiful blueing and wood you could imagine. Of course I drove right to mark bansners shop and had the barrel cut to 22" and a choke sweated in. A rattle can paint job made it turkey ready. This was before screw in chokes were popular so dedicated turkey guns were built not bought.
That gun really shot well but all this talk about recoil....... nothing on earth kicked like that gun. Bloody nose black eye swollen cheek were the norm with that thing.
I traded it on a sp-10 when they came out and never looked back. The sp-10 is still my primary gobbler killer.
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Fantastic, bet it's a beauty. Knock em down this spring....


I did the same thing with an SP-10 years ago. Mark cut the barrel to 22, put in the Turkey/Predator choke system. He put Williams rifled sights on the barrel. The thing shot great, but I sold it to buy an SBE. It was very heavy, but I wish I still had it......Mark Bansner did great work...be safe.....

I bought my sp-10 brand new for $800 and picked up a 22" rifle sighted barrel for $125 a couple weeks after I bought it new. I had it tapped for a vortex venom on a sumtoy mount 2 years ago. An Indian creek choke and 2 1/2 ounces of TSS #7 brings good results.
I never minded the weight of the gun. I have gorilla size hands and like the feel of that gun in my hands. I own several other turkey guns but I can truthfully say the sp-10 is my dream gun.

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 01:04:53 PM

Quote from: Tom007 on February 22, 2021, 12:01:09 PM

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 11:36:22 AM
I also would love to find a 20 gauge left handed 870 wing master.. talk about a rare bird lol

Yea, I am lefty too my friend. I have learned over the years to put up with shells flying out in front of my face due to limited left handed gun availability. I don't even see them anymore.....be safe..

My m2 is a lefty and I had to order it, kinda got spoiled with that safety going the correct way ;)

I shoot left, yet most of my guns are right handed.  I hunt with a Benelli SBE II right hand & am also used to spent hulls flying by.  If you make that first shot count, there's no need for a follow up.

I'd love a 20 ga. SBE lefty, but money's tight right now.  I'd also like a TC Encore rigged up for turkey. Luckily it doesn't cost anything to dream.

Jim

T/C encore in 20 gauge and now that you reminded me i think i'll order a barrel and forend

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Quote from: snoodcrusher on February 21, 2021, 09:17:06 PM
I had one.  Bought it brand New Years ago.  It killed on one end and crippled on the other.  Hardest recoiling shotgun I ever shot.  I sold it when I ran into hard times in the early 90s.  I don't miss that shotgun at all.  I hope you find one and enjoy it.


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Without question the 1300s kick the snot out of you. Bought the 1300 Buck & Tom edition new when they were released. 22" barrel, synthetic stocks, dipped in New Breakup, with a Hastings .660 and Supreme #5s, patterned really well. When I got into hevi-13 #7s, a buddy who uses a 870 asked me to shoot that little 1300. He shot it once and said that was the most recoil he ever felt LOL.

But the gun I always wanted I bought new 20+ years ago, and traded after the first year. It was a H&R single shot NWTF gun of the year, factory dipped in original Bottomland. I tried shooting 3.5" shells through it, and it was just too much. Never occurred to me to try 3" back then. Soon as I sold it I regretted it.

When a lightly used H&R just like it popped up on GB few years later I hit the buy now button for $90. With a original JH .660, that gun would put 275+ in 10" with Hevi-13 #7s. Kicked bad even with 3" loads, but a joy to tote around. Sumtoy installed fiber optic rifle sights on it. Just a perfect turkey gun.

That H&R is my backup gun now. Goes in the truck on every hunt just in case something happens to my 20 gauge.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/4327/35839032461_be768e3c67_w.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WAYpJM)

The H&R I had id rather be on the receiving end than feel the pain of the 3 1/2 it would shoot!

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Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 01:04:53 PM

Quote from: Tom007 on February 22, 2021, 12:01:09 PM

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 22, 2021, 11:36:22 AM
I also would love to find a 20 gauge left handed 870 wing master.. talk about a rare bird lol

Yea, I am lefty too my friend. I have learned over the years to put up with shells flying out in front of my face due to limited left handed gun availability. I don't even see them anymore.....be safe..

My m2 is a lefty and I had to order it, kinda got spoiled with that safety going the correct way ;)

I shoot left, yet most of my guns are right handed.  I hunt with a Benelli SBE II right hand & am also used to spent hulls flying by.  If you make that first shot count, there's no need for a follow up.

I'd love a 20 ga. SBE lefty, but money's tight right now.  I'd also like a TC Encore rigged up for turkey. Luckily it doesn't cost anything to dream.

Jim

Hi Jimmy. Yea, I love Super Black Eagles. I have 2 of them. They are turkey dusters for sure. Be safe, have fun this spring....

Quote from: Gooserbat on February 21, 2021, 09:40:50 PM
Greenleaf 870

This one.

I always wanted a Benelli SBE 2 in Bottomland.

A few years back, we had a big ice storm roll in and myself and 3 others volunteered to work the duration of the storm. In Georgia, ice is a 4 letter word and we aren't setup to cope with ice.

I work in a Liquified Natural Gas plant that supplies gas during extreme cold weather and this was one of the times.

We went in on Monday and I finally left sometime late on Friday evening. The company does us right in that after the first 8 hours, we went on OT and stayed on it for the duration of the week. Somewhere around 125 hours of OT that week, so I rewarded my self with the shotgun that I had always wanted. I actually found it on sale online at Dunns and was able to save a couple of hundred off the price.

It is still the most I have paid for a naked gun. I have others that rifles plus scope cost more, but not the bare gun.

Quote from: Sixes on February 22, 2021, 08:40:08 PM
I always wanted a Benelli SBE 2 in Bottomland.

A few years back, we had a big ice storm roll in and myself and 3 others volunteered to work the duration of the storm. In Georgia, ice is a 4 letter word and we aren't setup to cope with ice.

I work in a Liquified Natural Gas plant that supplies gas during extreme cold weather and this was one of the times.

We went in on Monday and I finally left sometime late on Friday evening. The company does us right in that after the first 8 hours, we went on OT and stayed on it for the duration of the week. Somewhere around 125 hours of OT that week, so I rewarded my self with the shotgun that I had always wanted. I actually found it on sale online at Dunns and was able to save a couple of hundred off the price.

It is still the most I have paid for a naked gun. I have others that rifles plus scope cost more, but not the bare gun.

When you put in the work it's nice to reward yourself!

Quote from: kytrkyhntr on February 23, 2021, 06:37:26 AM

Quote from: Sixes on February 22, 2021, 08:40:08 PM
I always wanted a Benelli SBE 2 in Bottomland.

A few years back, we had a big ice storm roll in and myself and 3 others volunteered to work the duration of the storm. In Georgia, ice is a 4 letter word and we aren't setup to cope with ice.

I work in a Liquified Natural Gas plant that supplies gas during extreme cold weather and this was one of the times.

We went in on Monday and I finally left sometime late on Friday evening. The company does us right in that after the first 8 hours, we went on OT and stayed on it for the duration of the week. Somewhere around 125 hours of OT that week, so I rewarded my self with the shotgun that I had always wanted. I actually found it on sale online at Dunns and was able to save a couple of hundred off the price.

It is still the most I have paid for a naked gun. I have others that rifles plus scope cost more, but not the bare gun.

When you put in the work it's nice to reward yourself!

X2, hard work should yield rewards, good luck with it..

Maybe it doesn't exist, but I'd love to have an Ithaca NID 10 gauge double with a couple chokes (20-40 and under 20 for those silent suprise birds) and a broad brass double bead. Add a Greener style safety on the right hand side and I'd be pretty confident I'd never want a different turkey gun. But here in the real world, a pistol grip stock for my BPS would make it a pretty ideal rig in and of itself.

I'd love to have an 11-87 in bottomland. 

I've alwAys wanted a Browning Cynergy 3.5 in bottomland with sling Not barrel clip sling
Cut barrels 22" with extended tubes
With BFF optics.
I'm not sure if they are worth a flip for turkey hunting but have always wanted one! 
I'm an over/under guy.  Automatics feel like they are falling apart when shot.  I have several but not my favorite. 






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I'm thinking if I had money to burn it would be a Browning Cynergy Turkey model with a decent red dot sight.

870 SPS Turkey 20 gauge (I think these were only in original Mossy Oak Breakup) to go with my 870 SPS Turkey Mossy Oak Greenleaf 12 gauge

I wouldn't mind also getting a 1300 NWTF Model just because I think they're a nice looking gun and even though they kick like a mule. (After shooting my buddies 1300 I was glad that I originally went with the 870.)

Quote from: Tunaguy on February 23, 2021, 02:53:54 PM
I'm thinking if I had money to burn it would be a Browning Cynergy Turkey model with a decent red dot sight.

It really could be one of "The Ultimate Turkey Guns"....2 chokes, lots of options...

Yeah.  Just looked at the Cynergy.  If it were made in 20, it might just be at my house.  Sweet looking in 12 for sure.  I just love an O/U. 

Quote from: g8rvet on February 23, 2021, 05:26:37 PM
Yeah.  Just looked at the Cynergy.  If it were made in 20, it might just be at my house.  Sweet looking in 12 for sure.  I just love an O/U.

Yes my friend, they make great turkey guns...the Cynergy Ultimate Turkey is almost impossible to get now... you would think they would make more of them...

Ithaca Turkey Slayer... I would give a fair big sum for one. Hard to find as turkey teeth. But aren't all dreams?


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