What choke is best for 20 gauge?

What choke is best for 20 gauge?

The modified choke is the most popular, and most versatile choke for the 20 gauge shotgun. Modified chokes provide moderate constriction providing pattern densities designed to hit targets at medium ranges of about 15 to 35 yards.

Can you shoot a turkey with a 20 gauge?

There is one disadvantage to hunting with a 20 gauge instead of a 12, and as you may have already guessed, it is effective range. You will have to work the bird about 10 yards closer—a maximum range of about 30 yards—to make a killing shot. But you may enjoy this added challenge and test of your turkey hunting skills.

Can you turkey hunt with a Mossberg 500?

Mossberg 500 Turkey Shotgun At 7.25 lbs., it’s light enough for turkey hunting but still heavy enough to reduce that recoil. Bonus: it’s available for you lefties and righties!

What choke to use with a slug?

Improved cylinder, cylinder choke, and rifled choke tubes are the best choke tubes for slugs. These choke tubes offer little constriction to provide stability when shooting.

What is the Mossberg Accu-choke?

Mossberg Accu-Choke tubes fit Mossberg 500 and Maverick 88 12-gauge shotguns, allowing you to use lead, steel and alternative non-toxic shot. This modified choke tube is the popular choice for shooting sporting clays, waterfowl, flushing game birds and more.

What is the danger from placing a 20 gauge shell in a 12 gauge shotgun?

Smaller shotshells (such as 20-gauge shells), if mistakenly fed into a 12-gauge gun, will slip past the chamber and lodge in the barrel, causing serious personal injury or gun damage if a 12-gauge shell is loaded and fired.

What is a 20-gauge good for?

Specifications. 20-gauge shotguns are especially suitable for hunting game birds such as quail, grouse, turkey, and other game when using shot shells. A 20-gauge can also shoot slugs and buckshot and thereby become an effective deer-hunting gun.

What is the best turkey load for a 20-gauge?

Those giant, shoulder-punishing 3 ½–inch shells simply aren’t necessary. A standard 2 ¾-inch or 3-inch magnum tungsten load is more than enough for killing turkeys out past 50 yards. Additionally, the advantages of tungsten shells make 20-gauge shotguns indisputably effective turkey killers.

Is a Mossberg 500 a good turkey gun?

Mossbergs are more than adequate for Turkeys! my buddy’s taken 3 with his 500, and my 835 has taken 1 so far. A few tips- patterns are a function of load, barrel, and choke. Give your barrel a very good cleaning and maybe a polishing.

Is Mossberg 500 good for ducks?

Be willing to go to places other hunters aren’t. Set yourself up for the best duck hunting season ever, try the Mossberg 500 Waterfowl Shotgun on your next duck hunt with the Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades finish and barrel to blend right into your environment. Joe Genzel has been a writer and editor for over 15 years.