Need ideas on a youth turkey shotgun...

[bpl]

I've been looking online for a youth turkey shotgun. For a currently small for age 10yr old - about 60lbs. He has shot .410 and .22lr, .223 AR-15 as well as my .357mag Model 94 with .38 special loads from the bench, and done well. I'm thinking a 20ga and I think I'd prefer an autoloader for recoil reduction. I've been looking at various permutations of the 11-87 youth, which appears to be discontinued on Remington's website. It looks like they now have an 11-87 compact sportsman with an adjustable LOP, which looks interesting. http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model_11-87/model_11-87_compact_sportsman.asp

I also looked at the Mossy SA-20 youth, which appears to be found nowhere.

I'd prefer camo, but that's not a dealbreaker.

Any other ideas?? Say in the under $700 price range.

Any advise on 20ga turkey loads to try?

Oh, what kind of range for turkeys should I expect with shorter barreled 20ga, 25-30 yards?

Thanks!

BPL

 

[jbkebert]

The 11-87 is what we use for hunter ed. Question are you going to hunt from a pop-up blind or leaning agaist a tree. If you are in a blind it does not matter. My son has taken two turkeys with a 870 wingmaster 20ga. He uses 2 3/4" federal premium shells. They are copper plated lead, 1oz loads in #4 shot. We patterned the gun to shoot with a modifed choke to 27 yards with 20 hits in the vitals. This gun is older than I and only has a 2 3/4 chamber and there is no choke tube to change.

 

[Smitty in CT]

http://www.rrarms.com/catalog.php?prod=G75770

R & R has 2 of the youth SA-20's in stock & Bud's has them in stock for $400 delivered...

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/54549

Smitty

 

[bpl]

Anyone have any experience with the Charles Daly autoloaders?

http://www.charlesdaly.com/fsemi.asp

 

[Smitty in CT]

Nothing 1st hand, but everything I've read says that they are a decent, reliable shotgun for the money. CD also has a lifetime warranty... I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing....

 

[DaleCooper51]

No first hand experience with the Charles Daly guns, but I did see a post where someone was having issues with his shotgun. The president of the company saw the post and replied telling the gentleman to contact him, provided a return shipping label, and told him that they would make the gun right. That type of customer service is to be applauded.