QuoteI won a 28" 11-87 Remington 12 gauge at a Q1 buckpole banquette. I recently put a Remington extra full turkey choke on it and patterned it with Remington 3" #5 copper coated turkey loads. It wasn't horrible but it gave me a pretty wide spray even at 25 yards.
First of all, welcome to OG. We're glad you're here and look forward to hearing more from you.
That is an excellent gun with a barrel that can throw great patterns, properly choked and with the right shells. I have that very same gun, same barrel and until recently had 2 of them. I let a good friend have 1 and he shoots it now on a regular basis.
I primarily shoot 3" Hevi-13 shells with 2 oz. of #6 shot in most of my guns for turkeys. I like that load since it's very consistent and it's what I shoot in still target competition, so I'm very familiar with it. It's what I'd recommend.
If however you want to shoot another load, I'd still recommend that you shoot #6 shot. It flows more smoothly through the bore and choke and will do all that's necessary to kill a turkey at any reasonable range up to and including 40 yards.
I've tried a number of turkey chokes, recommend particular chokes to my readers and continually work with and evaluate different chokes, guns and shotshells. For your gun, I don't know of anything that will give you more consistently dense patterns than the SSX. It's what I have in my 11-87 and what I'd recommend to you.
There are other good chokes of course and many folks have good results with them. Part of this sport of turkey hunting can be experimenting with different products until you find what is right for you, so have fun and enjoy that part of it as well.
Again, glad you're here and look forward to hearing more from you.
Thanks,
Clark
