I bought a NEF 12b turkey special with the x-full choke. Patterns about fifty kajillion pellets on a turkey head/neck at 30 yds and kicks hard enough to make a mule blush. Talk about overkill. I thought I would like the light weight and short barrel, but I think I would rather try my longbow instead.
Yeah, that's what I use for turkeys. The short 3.5" chambered 22" barrel was horrible, but NEF sells all sorts of aftermarket stuff. I bought a 28" barrel for it with screw in chokes and added a heavy steel counterweight inside the through-bolt hole, which is "set" with a screw to keep it in place and quiet. Wrapped up in camo tape it disappears in the woods and balances all right for carrying and shooting heavy turkey loads.
One shot seems to be plenty and I like the safety feature with the hammer which prevents a discharge unless the finger stays on the trigger. One long-beard at a time is all I want to tote out of the woods. I know you can usually get them close enough for about any old gun to work, but I can't get over the prejudice that if I am armed with a gun that won't reliably kill at 40 yards, all I will see is 40 yard turkeys.
I do use the doubles for at least one gobbler every year, but the NEF is my go-to turkey gun...Geo
