when i patterened my gun, #4 #5 #6 shot loads of everything turkey mag wasnt cheap, the recoil when patterning it wasnt the problem there... i got it all when i got the gun so ivintory has lasted me 3 choke tube upgrades and 2 friends..
first year factory full, federal flight controle 3.5"
second year upgrade to a carlsons turkey choke, remington #5 was the winner...
now im shooting a Kicks gobling thunder with winchester #5 the winner, that one stuffs a real nice pattern...
all those combos were good out to 50 yards with the federal and full choke being the min,,, i think i get 4-5 head hits... the carlsons put 8-10 kill hits and the kicks is putting 15-18 real goodkill hits!! with a nice area pattern..
most turkey guns are coming with a little bit shorter of barrels
they do just as good if not better due to the shot getting out faster, the gun has less recoil time while the shot is still in the barrel... i don't know the length my barrel but with the extened choke, its a big gun... if getting a new gun for turkey, go with the standared turkey specs, i think thats 24-26" or something, make life easyer... i got cheap deal on mine so i wasnt all to picky about the long barrel but i would like a shorter barrel while hunting.. the extra barrel in tukey woods, to me its just extra baggage.
benelli, beretta, remington, mossberg, browning, beretta.. all good guns doesnt matter between them take a pick... browning i think is one of the only ones making a double barrel turkey gun in the cintori line.. outa of them all the lowest kick is the decked out expensive benelli super black eagle, with the berettas extrema2 being a close second, the hardest kicker is the benelli nova.