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Sound advice.

Those three numbers after the decimal represent diameter in thousandths of an inch. a 20ga cylinder bore is .620" or .62 caliber. Typical choke diameters for your 20ga Mossberg® are as follows.......... .620 Cylinder .610 Imp Cyl .600 Modified .595 Imp Mod .590 Full .585 X-Full Turkey chokes for a 20ga typically range from .585 all the way down to .550 (28ga Cyl Bore Diameter). Here is a pattern of Federal® Flitecontrol® Mag-Shok® 3" Mag 1185fps 1 5/16oz #5 Pb (#PFC258F 5) fired through my 20ga Mossberg® with a .555" diameter choke..... Here is a pattern of Federal® Flitecontrol® Mag-Shok® 3" Mag 1185fps 1 5/16oz #6 Pb (#PFC258F 6) fired through my 20ga Mossberg® with a .555" diameter choke..... Lastly here is a pattern Federal® Flitecontrol® Mag-Shok® 3" Mag 1185fps 1 5/16oz #4 Pb (#PFC258F 4) fired through my 20ga Mossberg® with a .584" diameter choke.....

April 19, 2011 - 09:46hrs 47° F Elev 2311ft 2 year old bird 1¼" Spurs 25lbs 1 7/8" Beard (Beard Rot due to Mites) Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga Wrights® SWARM™ .555" choke Winchester® Supreme® High Velocity 3" Mag 1200fps 1 5/16oz #4 Pb (STH2034) Shot at 42yds Bird was dead before his beak hit the dirt! ]Who needs Hevi•Shot®, Federal® Heavyweight®, Remington® Wingmaster HD®, or Winchester® Xtended Range®? Pb will "Git-r-Done"! http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/dawei851/KLICKITAT%202011%20TURKEY%20HUNTING/2011TurkeyHunting007.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/dawei851/KLICKITAT%202011%20TURKEY%20HUNTING/2011TurkeyHunting009.jpg http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m150/dawei851/KLICKITAT%202011%20TURKEY%20HUNTING/009.jpg

In Washington we hunt Easterns, Merriams, and Rio's

If your gun is a fixed FULL choke I would recommend using Federal® Flitecontrol® Mag-Shok® 3" Magnum 1 5/16oz loads of #4, 5, or 6 shot Pb (#PFC258). Get a box of each & see how they pattern in your sister's gun. Should these not perform to your liking then try............ • Remington® Nitro-Turkey 3" Mag 1¼oz #5 (#NT20M5) • Winchester® Supreme® 3" Mag 1 5/16oz #4 (#STH2034) • Winchester® Supreme® 3" Mag 1 5/16oz #5 (#STH2035) As your gun is a fixed full choke I would use Pb and stay away from HTL so as to not damage the choke.

Hunter Specialties® Ring Zone® Slate w/Hickory Cross Cut Stryker - Simply the best!

Two that are my "Go To" calls............ • Lynch® World Champion Box call No 102 • Hunter Specialties® Ring Zone™ Slate w/Hickory cross Cut Striker

Nothing wrong with using #4Pb!

Me too, Mossberg® Mdl 500 in both 12 and 20ga!

04/15 - 05/31 each year in WA state.

I use two guns for Turkey hunting......... • Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga w/26" Barrel and Hastings® .570" Extended Turkey choke. Load of choice is Winchester® Supreme™ 3" 1 5/16oz #4 Pb (#STH2034) It patterns like this.............. • Remington® (Baikal®) Spartan SPR220 20ga w/Remington® Nitro-Turkey™ 3" 1¼oz #5 Pb with Colonial® Turkey Full (#TSTF) .575" and Colonial® Turkey XFull (#TSTX) .570". It patterns like this..............

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That's absolutely AWESOME! What gun/choke were you using and what kind of ammunition please?

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Those 1&5/16oz Federal® MagShock™ # 6's are definately the way to go. They outshoot all other lead loads in my 20ga Mossberg® Mdl 500C. You could definately dump the biggest Tom in the world at 40yds the way your gun shoots those MagShok™'s!!!!!

Hastings® I20570 with Hevi13™ #6's.

I wrote this almost two years ago an an NWTF Board I believe my experience will help you: As I get older (will be 56 in 6 weeks), the hills steeper, & the miles longer; I use a 20ga; and a Mossberg® by choice for several reasons: • I got tired of the heavy weight of a 12ga & the heavy recoil of the same. The 20ga is about 1½ lbs lighter & the recoil significantly less. • While I'm right-handed, I'm left eye dominant & thus shoot a long gun left handed. The ambidextrous top-tang safety was a big plus for me. Additionally the Winchester® & Remington® guns only have a 2 year warranty & the Mossberg® has a 10 year warranty. • Remington® guns require Remington® chokes. Within gauge however Browning Invector®, Mossberg®, SKB®, Savage®, Weatherby® & Winchester® chokes ARE FULLY INTERCHANGEABLE! • A Remington® 870 Express, on sale where I Iive costs $269.99+tax & comes with one choke, no sling or swivels. Conversely for $50.00 less I got a Mossberg® with three chokes, slings, and swivels. (You get the picture). I'm not knocking the Remington® or Winchester; it's just for me, the Mossberg® offers more for less money. The Mossberg® is not a cheap gun; it's an inexpensive gun, there's a big difference between the two. Now as to patterns & performance; chokes & ammo, this is what I have found & direction I'm heading (20ga Mossberg® specific): Mossberg® X-FACTOR™ Extended Ported TURKEY Tubes (lead only) Models 500®, 505® 20 X-FACTOR-Ported Turkey tube .584" 95231 $36.00 Mossberg® Accu-Choke™ Tubes (Models 500®, 9200® and Maverick 88™) 20 Full .590" 95215 $15.00 20 Modified .600" 95220 $15.00 20 Imp Cylinder .610" 95225 $15.00 20 X-Full .585" 95230 $15.00 Carlsons® 20 GA FLUSH MOUNT DISC ITEM# CONST PRICE Cyl #10107 .620 $19.99 Skeet #10101 .615 $19.99 I.C. #10102 .610 $19.99 Modified #10103 .600 $19.99 Imp.Mod. #10106 .595 $19.99 Full #10104 .590 $19.99 X-Full #10105 .585 $19.99 Turkey #10108 .575 $19.99 Hastings®SPECIAL 20 GA. EXTENDED TURKEY CHOKES FOR LEAD SHOT ONLY (wrench included) Stock No. Description Price I20562 20 ga. Chokes .562" Parallel Diameter $29.99 I20566 20 ga. Chokes .566" Parallel Diameter $29.99 I20570 20 ga. Chokes .570" Parallel Diameter $29.99 I20574 20 ga. Chokes .574" Parallel Diameter $29.99 I20578 20 ga. Chokes .578" Parallel Diameter $29.99 The tubes shown in red are the ones that I have. All are rated for Hevi•Shot® with the exception of the Carlsons®. My son & I have experimented with many load & choke combinations (his gun is a Winchester® 20ga pump). What we did was use the same, exact, choke tube in my Mossberg® and his Winchester®. Clearly understand I DO NOT MEAN TWO CHOKE TUBES EXACTLY ALIKE; I MEAN WE USED THE TUBE IN MY GUN THEN PUT IT IN HIS GUN. My Mossberg® has a 26" barrel; his Winchester® a 28" barrel. We used 3" Mag Remington Hevi•Shot® 1¼oz #4, 5, & 6 shot & 3" Federal GrandSlam® 1 5/16oz #4, 5, & 6 shot. Our findings were: • All chokes, in both guns, WOULD NOT PATTERN #4 SHOT IN A DENSE PATTERN SUITABLE FOR TURKEY HUNTING. [• The same choke & shot combination DID NOT PERFORM THE SAME IN EACH GUN. (I'll cite below • Conventional wisdom states that Hevi•Shot® needs a more open choke than lead shot. WE DID NOT FIND THAT TO BE TRUE. • Hevi•Shot® doesn't always pattern "tighter" than lead. My son's Winchester® has a definite preference for #5 shot. The absolute best load and choke combination for him was Carlsons® .575" Turkey Choke and the Federal GrandSlam® 1 5/16oz #5 copper-plated shot. My Mossberg® with any of our chokes DOES NOT pattern #5 shot as well as my son's Winchester®. My Mossberg® is at is absolute best with #6 shot and the Hastings® .570" Choke Tube. Using Hevi•Shot® or Federal lead it consistently puts 27-29 pellets in a 3" circle out to 40 yds. (With the Hevi•Shot® it's always 27 pellets! Using Federal lead shot its 28-29 pellets). My best target is before me from last year's tests. It reflects 61 pellets in the head & neck with 16 pellets in the brain & spine using Federal GrandSlam® 1 5/16oz #6. (This target DOES NOT reflect the 3" circle). I stated earlier the same choke doesn't perform the same in different guns; let me illustrate. When I shot the Federal® lead load of #5 shot with the Carlsons® tube I got 17 pellets in the 3" circle on the target. When my son used the same combination in his gun he puts 25 pellets into the 3" circle. When I use the Hastings® .570 tube & Federal #6 shot I put 29 pellets in the 3" circle. Using the same combination in his gun my son put only 11 pellets in the 3" circle. SAME CHOKES & SHOT YET THEY PATTERN FAR DIFFERENTLY. Thus you can see why my son uses the Carlsons® choke & lead 5's and I the Hastings® choke & lead 6's. What my son & I hope to do in the next couple of weeks is try Winchester Double-X Magnum loads & see how they perform with the above chokes; (#5 & 6 shot only). Additionally I will purchase the SWARM® Tube, & see where those tests take us. If we run out of Hevi•Shot® due to our testing oh well; both of us have proven performers in the Federal Grand Slam loads. Sorry to ramble on so much. Lastly take a look here: http://www.allaboutshooting.com http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3163692

I asked the same question on an NWTF board & here are the results: http://www.nwtf.org/message_board/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=calls&Number=399289&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart= David Only two defining forces have ever died for you: 1. Jesus Christ 2. The American Soldier, Sailor, Airman, & Marine One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

While I haven't done that I've set out 5 decoys using these with good success: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=022007turkey-catfeathunt&id=0013585224642a&navCount=3&podId=0013585&parentId=cat200008&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=7IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat200008&hasJS=true and http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=022007turkey-catfeathunt&id=0013585224643a&navCount=5&podId=0013585&parentId=cat200008&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=7IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat200008&hasJS=true

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