I am not looking for a gun that makes some crazy shots. I am looking for a meat gun-like most here seem to like as well. My current setup is an 870 that has been around the block a few times - killed ducks, deer, hog, turkey and most anything I needed to point it at (even a possum one time).
I bought my dream gun a few years back, it is Classic Doubles 101 O/U (a Winchester 101 for all intents, same design, made by same Kodensha factory that made the 101 since the 60s-Kodensha kept making them for a while and Classic Doubles imported them). It has screw in chokes, ported barrels and points like my finger for me. I have killed ducks and geese in FL, MS, MO, and SK Canada with it. Now I am thinking about putting a sling on it and making it a turkey gun as well. The gun has selective safety to pick the barrel, single trigger. I told my son, when he pries it from my dead fingers, it will be a well worn gun - no showpiece for sure.
So I am wondering about getting a set of chokes for it. Turkey on the top and full or Improved Mod on the bottom, for the closer birds. I would leave it on full or I/M and click it to turkey choke for the slightly longer shots (you know, the 60 yard Win Longbeard XR shots
). Where I hunt I have killed birds at 10 steps too, although the 35-40 is often needed (I field hunt a lot on the private place I hunt).
Just curious if anyone has a setup similar to this? Even thinking it would be pretty cool to have two different loads for the two different chokes. Of course I will experiment with loads and chokes to get ethical patterns for whatever combo I come up with. I am thinking I would shoot a heavy weight shot in the upper and good old lead in the lower. This season is out, as it starts in the am and I am not about to undertake a new combo in mid-season, but I have a year to play around with loads and chokes to get a nice combo that shoots well. Just a thought burning in my brain and wanted to get some advice, pointers or thoughts from anyone that has done it before.
