Olympus
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Guys after a bad experience in the turkey woods today, I need to stop putting this off and buy a dedicated turkey shotgun. I'm a new turkey hunter and this is my third year to turkey hunt. I've been using a Mossberg 835 Field with 28" barrel that was a gift. The gun is terribly long to be packing through the woods where I hunt, and I hunt hilly, wooded ground. The gun has no sling studs so have to carry it by hand. And it also has a tendency to fail to extract, which happened to me today. So I need a dedicated turkey gun that is dead reliable. Camo finish would be nice to have. Something shorter in overall length would great also.
Right now I've been looking at the Tristar Cobra Turkey with pistol grip, rail on top, and turkey choke included. Comes with sling studs and is camo also. Price looks like $275. The other option I've been looking at is the Mossberg 500 Grand Slam which is similar to the Tristar except it doesn't have the pistol grip and is about $100 more expensive. I have no qualms with Tristar as I already have a Viper auto in 20ga for a dedicated dove gun and it's been flawless!
I'd really prefer to stay under $350 total for the gun because I'd like to buy several different boxes of ammo to see which one does best in the gun. Anyone have any recommendations?
Right now I've been looking at the Tristar Cobra Turkey with pistol grip, rail on top, and turkey choke included. Comes with sling studs and is camo also. Price looks like $275. The other option I've been looking at is the Mossberg 500 Grand Slam which is similar to the Tristar except it doesn't have the pistol grip and is about $100 more expensive. I have no qualms with Tristar as I already have a Viper auto in 20ga for a dedicated dove gun and it's been flawless!
I'd really prefer to stay under $350 total for the gun because I'd like to buy several different boxes of ammo to see which one does best in the gun. Anyone have any recommendations?