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Re: Barrel length
[Re: Bulls eye]
#4123624
04/28/24 06:11 PM
04/28/24 06:11 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 27,158
Helena
3toe
Talking Turkey
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Talking Turkey
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 27,158
Helena
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: 3toe]
#4123637
04/28/24 06:56 PM
04/28/24 06:56 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 15,134
Tuscaloosa Co.
N2TRKYS
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 15,134
Tuscaloosa Co.
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X2. I had almost rather stay at home than to tote a 24” or longer barrel. My 21” barreled 20ga 870 gets over 300 pellets in a 10” circle at 40 yards and my 20ga 1187 gets 350 pellets. 👍.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: Bulls eye]
#4123666
04/28/24 08:08 PM
04/28/24 08:08 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 5,540
blade
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 5,540
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: Bulls eye]
#4123686
04/28/24 09:00 PM
04/28/24 09:00 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 37,110
alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 37,110
alabama
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I had a gun built way back before there were short bbled turkey guns or screw in chokes by a guy that was the gunsmith for the US Olympic trap team. He took a new 30" 870 bbl and cut it 1 inch at a time and chronoed 3" turkey loads, then cut it another inch and chroned. He found little significant velocity loss until he reached 25". He tapped a 25" bbl for me and the first ever short bbled
turkey gun with a screw in choke was born. He later sold the patent to Winchester and the Win Choke was born. I still have that bbl and hunt with it.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: Bulls eye]
#4123687
04/28/24 09:02 PM
04/28/24 09:02 PM
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Joined: Nov 2019
Posts: 758
Ol’Tom
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Nov 2019
Posts: 758
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: Bulls eye]
#4124043
04/29/24 03:03 PM
04/29/24 03:03 PM
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,512
Homewood
Colt1917
8 point
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8 point
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,512
Homewood
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24" on my 20 gauge Benelli M2.
So far I've always been able to use the factory fiber sights effectively, despite the fact my eyes are pretty bad.
I bought a 28" barrel for it to use for a duck gun, since 24" is too short in a blind with one or two other guys.
Colt1917
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: Lockjaw]
#4124226
04/29/24 07:46 PM
04/29/24 07:46 PM
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Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 17,637
Ourtown, AL
BCLC
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 17,637
Ourtown, AL
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The 870 youth 20 with a 21 in barrel is like a toy compared to my Winchester SXP 12 gauge 3.5 with a 24 in barrel.
So much so I passed up a shot with the 20 on a gobbler strutting because I felt he was a little to far away, but would have hammered him with the 12.  No sense in knocking the lil 21in barrel youth guns because they are stone cold killers. With the right choke and payload they’ll kill a turkey way further than any ethical turkey hunter should be shooting at ‘em
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: Bulls eye]
#4124229
04/29/24 07:50 PM
04/29/24 07:50 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 37,110
alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 37,110
alabama
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my 870 youth is deadly way past 40 yards....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Barrel length
[Re: BhamFred]
#4124284
04/29/24 09:08 PM
04/29/24 09:08 PM
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Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 857
Clanton,Alabama
Dublgrumpy
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Jan 2018
Posts: 857
Clanton,Alabama
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I had a gun built way back before there were short bbled turkey guns or screw in chokes by a guy that was the gunsmith for the US Olympic trap team. He took a new 30" 870 bbl and cut it 1 inch at a time and chronoed 3" turkey loads, then cut it another inch and chroned. He found little significant velocity loss until he reached 25". He tapped a 25" bbl for me and the first ever short bbled
turkey gun with a screw in choke was born. He later sold the patent to Winchester and the Win Choke was born. I still have that bbl and hunt with it. In my opinion, the winchester 1300 turkey barrel is one of the finest that's ever been made. Some of the tightest longer range patterns I've seen out of any gun.
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