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Next slam: 16 ga

Started by HartClemson99, October 27, 2012, 03:56:25 PM

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HartClemson99

October 27, 2012, 03:56:25 PM
Since I've finished up Grand Slams with my 12, 20, 10, Muzzleloader and 3/4 with my bow, I figured the next step was the 16 ga Grand Slam!  Put money down on a NIB 870 Express Youth model in 16 ga.  I'm going to look at getting a new stock, getting it drilled and tapped, dipped, seeing if Rhino will build me a choke and I plan on shooting either Hevi-Shot or Nitros!  More details and pics to come as I work on this project.

This makes turkey gun #12 for me!
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973

HartClemson99

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February 08, 2013, 09:29:19 PM
I found a youth model 870 on Gunbroker, picked up a Shur-Shot stock and had Nitro build me some Hevi-Shot straight #7s.  Next up a dip job and hopefully a Sumtoy choke.  It should be ready for FL next month!
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973

HartClemson99

#2
March 07, 2013, 07:48:46 PM
Got her finished!  Got her set up with a Shur Shot Stock, a Timney trigger set for 3lbs, an EOTech on top of a Mesa Tactical rail and a special thanks to Willi at Sumtoy for building me a 16 ga choke!  Attached is my pattern with my Hevi Shot custom "Magnum Blend"
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973

BrowningGuy88

#3
March 08, 2013, 09:30:46 AM
That is one nice looking rig!!!

It looks like it is ready to go hunting!

HartClemson99

#4
March 11, 2013, 06:08:34 PM



Got the first leg of the 16ga slam done last night.  I shot this bird last night near Okeechobee, FL hunting with my good buddy Mike Tussey of Osceola Outdoors. 20.8lbs, 9 1/4" beard, 1 1/8" spurs!
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973

albrubacker

#5
March 11, 2013, 08:06:41 PM
Very nice gun. Great start on slam!
The addiction will cost you time and money and alienate those close to you. I can give you the names of a dozen addicts — myself included — whose wives begin to get their hackles up a week before turkey season starts and stay mad until a week after it closes.

—Charlie Elliott

KYStalker

#6
March 11, 2013, 10:11:21 PM
Love the gun.
If you're not first, your last!!

HartClemson99

#7
March 18, 2013, 11:26:52 PM
Added a SC eastern to the tally this morning:


"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973

HartClemson99

#8
May 15, 2013, 10:28:14 PM
Added a 22.85lb, 11" beard OH eastern to the 16ga resume:
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973

gobblergls

#9
May 21, 2013, 05:54:42 AM
Nice looking rig and great results.  How much shot in the load? Gil

HartClemson99

#10
June 15, 2013, 06:44:39 PM
Sorry for the late reply.  The shot I am using is 1 1/4.
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973

HartClemson99

#11
June 15, 2013, 07:07:33 PM
Although I struck out on my single season 16ga slam (I struck out in TX and NE) for rios, I got 3 out of 4 and ended the season getting a nice bird in Wyoming as seen in the picture below.  I took birds in FL, SC, OH and MT with the gun.  I'll be chasing a rio next spring with it in '14 to hopfully finish it's slam.  I might do some investigating this off season with TSS in the 16 gauge as the gun is a PLEASURE to shoot and the 2 3/4" shells have hardly any recoil!

Not sure what is next....Maybe a 410 or 28 ga will be with me in Florida next March....
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion" Tom Kelly, The Tenth Legion, 1973
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