Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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William at sumtoy is a good one.
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Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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I have an old Belgium Browning Auto5 Magnum that I want to make into a turkey gun. It has a fixed 30 inch full choke barrel. I'm going to keep the original barrel as it is for wing shooting. After much looking, I found a barrel I can afford, and bought it to have cut short, and threaded for a good turkey choke. I want to shoot 2 ounces of heavy shot 5's or 6's, and would love for 50 yards to be a chip shot.
Does anybody have experience with any particular gunsmith to cut the barrel and cut threads for the choke? Carlson's seems to the biggest company I found with a preliminary internet search. Biggest isn't always best though. Anybody have a recommendation?
Any thoughts on choke type/constriction-.660? .665? for Heavy shot 5's and 6's? OMG are you touched. Don't touch the barrel. Have you patterned the barrel you have now. SO MANY people think they have to hunt with something that says TURKEY on it. I killed my first 15-20 birds with an old Winchester single barrel with 30 inc full choke. Reloaded some dandy #4 shot 2 3/4 that would drop a bird every time out to 50. Save yourself some money and try it first.. !!!!
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Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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I have an old Belgium Browning Auto5 Magnum that I want to make into a turkey gun. It has a fixed 30 inch full choke barrel. I'm going to keep the original barrel as it is for wing shooting. After much looking, I found a barrel I can afford, and bought it to have cut short, and threaded for a good turkey choke. I want to shoot 2 ounces of heavy shot 5's or 6's, and would love for 50 yards to be a chip shot.
Does anybody have experience with any particular gunsmith to cut the barrel and cut threads for the choke? Carlson's seems to the biggest company I found with a preliminary internet search. Biggest isn't always best though. Anybody have a recommendation?
Any thoughts on choke type/constriction-.660? .665? for Heavy shot 5's and 6's?
. Put it in the gun safe . Go to duhnams and get the Mossberg 500 slug barrel / combo. 299 Get an extra full choke tube for it. You can order a camo kit for it on the internet.
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Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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The Shotgun Shop in Arnold Mo specializes in that. Call them and send them your gun and some ammo and they will get you what you want.
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Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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04/24/18 10:01 AM
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Sorry to zone out! Thanks to everyone for their replies and thoughts!
I'll answer a few of the questions generated by this discussion.
I'm going to keep the original 30 inch barrel as is. I've already ordered the second barrel to customize. Part of my decision to get another barrel, is that I would like a shorter gun for turkey hunting. That 30 inch barrel is very unweildly in a non-wing shooting scenario, and a shorter barrel would fit my style of hunting a little better.
Jbyrd, I am touched! Currently the A5 just sits in the safe. The old gun is really sad, mopes around all the time, and would really like to get out more to do what it was made to do. I'm not a collector, and don't care about what the A5 is worth. It's worthless to me collecting dust. I do have an 870 that I traditionally turkey hunt with, 28 VR barrel, Heavy shot compatible choke. It kills turkeys dead at 50 yards just fine. I've never shot any further. I just want to hunt with the A5.
I have patterned the A5 with several lead 5's and 6's. It was a 30 yard gun with everything I shot through it. I did not pattern any heavy shot through it. I wasn't sure about the harder shot through the old fixed full choke, and didn't want to bust it up.
I do kill most of my turkeys at 25 yards, but since I've started using Heavy shot, I've seen the benefit of it, and the capability of it. Before Heavy shot, every gun, choke and lead shell I ever patterned had me nervous to shoot one past 40. Maybe it's just a coincidence, or the load, choke and gun got lucky to shoot heavy shot, but now 40 yards is no stress at all. I'd rather kill one at 25, and normally do. But if the option to kill one at 50 on the last day of the hunt is the difference in success or going home empty handed, I want to be able to do it reliably.
Thanks to all for their thoughts!
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Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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I have an old Belgium Browning Auto5 Magnum that I want to make into a turkey gun. It has a fixed 30 inch full choke barrel. I'm going to keep the original barrel as it is for wing shooting. After much looking, I found a barrel I can afford, and bought it to have cut short, and threaded for a good turkey choke. I want to shoot 2 ounces of heavy shot 5's or 6's, and would love for 50 yards to be a chip shot.
Does anybody have experience with any particular gunsmith to cut the barrel and cut threads for the choke? Carlson's seems to the biggest company I found with a preliminary internet search. Biggest isn't always best though. Anybody have a recommendation?
Any thoughts on choke type/constriction-.660? .665? for Heavy shot 5's and 6's? OMG are you touched. Don't touch the barrel. Have you patterned the barrel you have now. SO MANY people think they have to hunt with something that says TURKEY on it. I killed my first 15-20 birds with an old Winchester single barrel with 30 inc full choke. Reloaded some dandy #4 shot 2 3/4 that would drop a bird every time out to 50. Save yourself some money and try it first.. !!!! X2............I shoot turkeys with my 20 gauge out to 40 yards. #5 shot through a full choke ! Why 2 ounces ???
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Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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You sacrifice pattern whenever you shorten length. It is a simple matter of physics.
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Re: shotgun barrel/turkey choke gunsmith
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Briley; They were pioneers in screw in tubes for thin wall shotgun barrels. As others have said a full choke 30" twelve is a made to order turkey stomper. At least it was for eighty years or so till the TV gurus convinced a lot of people they were doing it all wrong!
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