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Turkey Guns & Shooting => 20 Gauge Turkey Guns => Topic started by: Danny1030 on April 15, 2015, 12:19:12 AM

Title: Help with Nova 20ga
Post by: Danny1030 on April 15, 2015, 12:19:12 AM
I've volunteered to help a friends 13 y/old son get his first bird. Wondering if any of you had experience with a load/choke combo that worked well out of a 20ga Nova. Money is tight so really can't afford to do much "trying". Experience with a load/factory full choke would be even better. Thanks in advance.
Title: Help with Nova 20ga
Post by: alloutdoors on April 15, 2015, 02:14:58 PM
For a 13 year old I would see what kind of results you can get from the factory full with Fed HW 7's. I think you would probably find them effective to at least 30 yards with a fairly forgiving pattern, which should be good for a young shooter. There are of course chokes that will easily take that load to 40 yards, but probably not what you want in this case.
Title: Re: Help with Nova 20ga
Post by: Danny1030 on April 15, 2015, 02:30:17 PM
Thanks for the help fellas.
Title: Re: Help with Nova 20ga
Post by: dougell on April 16, 2015, 08:50:44 AM
I'd get a trulock choke designed for Federal heavyweight#7.I have shoot that combo in a Franchi affinity and my 9 year old Tristar.It deadly at 40 yards.My son son has killed two gobblers with that combo,one at 35 yards and another just over 40 yards.