How many of you use guns with no camo? Old school guns?
Post a pic if you got one....
Might be an interesting thread.
Thanks!
Denny
Here is my son's Mossberg 510 mini. It has a standard flush mount full choke, and is topped with a FFII.
It gets fed the Federal Heviweight #7's, and as you can see, the color had nothing to do with that morning's success. We were sitting on the edge of a field with nothing between us and the bird at a distance of roughly 15-20 yards.
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I don't have any camo guns. My current turkey gun is matte black, but all the others are wood/blued guns.
I don't have a pic, but a co-worker of mine showed me his gun yesterday, and I was impressed... He hunts with his grand-pa's Remington 1100 made in 1966 - 2-3/4 12 gauge, no choke tubes, shoots #4's -- wooden stocks & engravings on the metal; no camo! :)
No camo here. Black matte single shot.
My wife occasionally hunts with me. I had a gun that started out in life as a Mossberg 600 AT, basically a 500 with better wood. I replaced the wood with ATI adjustable Akita stock kit and put a 20" barrel on it. Its all black and very short, easy for her to handle.
I am picking up a matte finished gun off of a buddy of mine that I will be toting this spring. I had an Ithica model 51 turkey featherweight special back in the day that was matte finished that I liked. Gonna be an interesting year...
Makes no difference. Being still is the key. I have killed them with matte and wood gun in brown carhartt jeans at 15 yards. Just be still. Im actually starting to like the black guns myself... There is a lot of black things in the woods if you will look. Besides all the bird should see is a black hole and wait for the flash.
your gun can be pink if you want it to be,movement is the key to turkey hunting,knowing when you can and can't
I have two guns that are black matte and three that are full camo. I even have an old 12 ga. Win. Model 12 with wood stock and shiny metal . IMO the finish on the gun makes makes no difference. Just learn to SIT STILL.
To me, the big advantage of camo is the finish better protects the metal from rust than bluing.
Quote from: gobblergls on February 23, 2014, 03:39:26 PM
To me, the big advantage of camo is the finish better protects the metal from rust than bluing.
this is very true,I do like that myself
Quote from: gobblergls on February 23, 2014, 03:39:26 PM
To me, the big advantage of camo is the finish better protects the metal from rust than bluing.
+1 on this as well. Odds are unless you're a lot luckier than me you'll be hunting in the rain at some point every season! IMO if as long as you're still I don't think the color of the gun matters that much.
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Matte black for me. Mossberg 930 Turkey, Indian creek BDS .660, Williams Universal Vent Rib Slugger Fire Sights, and Hevi-13 7's. So far the long beards haven't complained one bit. Lol!
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I don't have a pic handy but have used a wood/parkerized 870 20 gauge, a wood stocked 870 28ga, a black synthetic BPS. Killed birds with all of them. reflexl
I use a black BPS also. Some times I wrap some camo on the barrel.
I've had a black 11-87 special purpose 3 in that I used for most of my turkey hunting. I got it in high school and it was a killer. I've used a black sbe2 for the last 2 seasons as well. Just picked up an 870 super mag in advantage camo this winter and it will be the first camo turkey gun I've used in a long time. As someone mentioned earlier the only real advantage I see to camo dipped guns is rust protection during the usually wet spring season. That and they look cool.
My matte finish 870 Express has been knocking down since the early 90's.
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Matte black Winchester 1300
I do acknowledge that a shiny barrel will glare in the sun . Most of the time in early morning my hunt is over by the time that becomes a concern. During the day I am found in a shady area . I have shiny blued,matte black, and full camo guns to choose from but to be honest I killed a slew of birds before I ever saw a camouflaged gun.
There are many leaves that are shiny and as stated by those who know, being still is the key factor.
The patterns are neat to observe as such but their best purpose is in masking movement.
The infamous sniper battle was due to the enemy having glare from his SCOPE and he received one right through that scope from one of our guys.
Denny, You may argue that mine has a camo stock. It didn't for years. I just added the laminated stock a few years ago.
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Quote from: West Augusta on February 28, 2014, 08:06:56 AM
Denny, You may argue that mine has a camo stock. It didn't for years. I just added the laminated stock a few years ago.
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This is an excellent example of light reflections. The turkey itself shines brighter than the gun barrel and background leaves are shiny but still. Beautiful gun , great memory.
Quote from: surehuntsalot on February 22, 2014, 10:20:21 PM
your gun can be pink if you want it to be,movement is the key to turkey hunting,knowing when you can and can't
Pink may be pushing it lol but I agree with what he said.
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The top one is a Stevens Model single shot 12 gauge, used it the first 3 years of my career. I haven't toted it turkey hunting in about 5 years, plan to carry it this spring some. It was always good out to 30. The 500 below was my upgrade from that gun and I hunted with it for about 9 years just like it is in the pic, full choke and all. It has been camo taped now and has a Kick GT choke and a synthetic sock. The 835 is what I have used since 2006.
Quote from: Gobble! on February 28, 2014, 08:50:23 AM
Quote from: surehuntsalot on February 22, 2014, 10:20:21 PM
your gun can be pink if you want it to be,movement is the key to turkey hunting,knowing when you can and can't
Pink may be pushing it lol but I agree with what he said.
I think it would be funny to have a competition on OG to see who is the first to kill a turkey with pink clothes and a pink shotgun. Then rank the turkeys by size.
That would show the gearheads a thing or two about their obsession. ;D ;D
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Most of the turkeys I've killed I was using matte black guns. I did wrap my 870 up in camo tape this season but I really don't think the turkeys care what your gun looks like as long as it don't scare them. I do like camo guns better. They just seem to look cool all decked out in camo.
I have killed 5 turkeys this year in south Carolina,all with a black matte Remington 870.Some were within 20 yards and never seen the gun.
This one is my boy's. A nice bright shiny 20 ga. BPS,and Ol Boney with one over the shoulder. ;D
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I have one of each dipped and matte black. I don't think the turkeys care but my BPS dipped in obsession looks way cooler than my black 870. :camohat:
I don't have a more gun specific picture available at the moment, but I don't have any camp on my SPR100. I never worry about the colors of the gun, but sometimes I worry about light reflecting off of the more polished finishes. A matte finish seems like it would be more important than color IMO.
I only buy Black firearms. Never had a problem with my Matte Black Benelli Nova, My 2 hunting buddy's use a Browning Wood/Blued and Benelli Wood/Blued. They also never have had a problem.
I don't own any kind of camo firearm. My main gun in the spring is a matte/wood 870 express (see below). I also use an all black 11-87 when turkey hunting in the fall.
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I have a Browning BPS NWTFF edition that I 've killed many turkeys with. This year I'm using a Remington 870 express with laminate stock. I bought a mattte finish 23" turkey barrel and using a .665 jellyhead choke. I'm shooitng 3" magblends and killed 3 birds with it this year. Absolutely love the gun.
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don't think the camo on a gun makes a bit of difference rather than rust protection
I killed my gobblers this year with my new pick up from the spring. No problem whatsoever....
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