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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: s clymo on April 23, 2012, 03:56:51 PM

Title: help me pic one
Post by: s clymo on April 23, 2012, 03:56:51 PM
SBE II sx3 or 1187
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Post by: beagler on April 23, 2012, 04:04:24 PM
SBE 2
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Post by: wvnut3 on April 23, 2012, 04:07:27 PM
They are all great guns. Go handle them and mount to your shoulder. Pick the one you like the best. Lee :icon_thumright:
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Post by: albrubacker on April 23, 2012, 04:12:04 PM
Quote from: wvnut3 on April 23, 2012, 04:07:27 PM
They are all great guns. Go handle them and mount to your shoulder. Pick the one you like the best. Lee :icon_thumright:
X2! Pick the one you like or fits you!
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Post by: HuntSource on April 23, 2012, 04:21:04 PM
Lots of feature differences in those models. They also sell at different price points. What's most important to you other than patterning? Trigger pull? Chrome-line bore? Over-sized bore? Weight? Balance? Ability to easily install an optic? Ability to easily adjust LOP, drop, etc?

I've setup a lot of shotguns on my range for turkeys. While it can take a bit of experimenting with loads and chokes, I've always been able to find a combination that delivered about any type of pattern one could want. Yeah, sure, some individual guns patterned a bit better than others on average. However, I'm not convinced there's a model out there that naturally patterns better than any other.
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Post by: VaTuRkStOmPeR on April 23, 2012, 04:22:23 PM
For turkeys, the sx3 with the oversized bore would be my choice if it fits you well.
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Post by: allaboutshooting on April 23, 2012, 04:34:48 PM
Quote from: s clymo on April 23, 2012, 03:56:51 PM
SBE II sx3 or 1187

I currently own the SX3 and a couple of 11-87s. I have owned the SBEII but it just never fit me like my SBE (that I still own) and when I got my Vinci, I got rid of the SBEII.

All your choices are good, quite different but good. I would suggest, as others have that you shoulder each of them and see which fits you the best. While you're at the Benelli dealer, I'd recommend that you take a look at the 3" Vinci. It has less muzzle jump than any gun I've ever shot and mine shoots right at POA without any adjustment.

You won't go wrong with any of those guns.

Thanks,
Clark
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Post by: Waddle Whacker on April 23, 2012, 06:52:21 PM
Quote from: albrubacker on April 23, 2012, 04:12:04 PM
Quote from: wvnut3 on April 23, 2012, 04:07:27 PM
They are all great guns. Go handle them and mount to your shoulder. Pick the one you like the best. Lee :icon_thumright:
X2! Pick the one you like or fits you!
X3! The one that fits and feels good to you! All good choices.
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Post by: davisd9 on April 23, 2012, 07:08:11 PM
If it was me, than 11-87 hands down.
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Post by: goblr77 on April 23, 2012, 09:45:22 PM
SX3. I've been thinking about one myself.


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Post by: runngun on April 23, 2012, 09:54:20 PM
Benelli 3 inch Vinci
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Post by: archery1 on April 24, 2012, 06:43:17 AM
we all could recommend either gun.. but we are not the ones shooting it.. pick them both, up handle them and see which one fits u the best