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Gobble Gobble Mr. Tom
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Hi, I was just wondering what everyone uses as their spring turkey weapon, thanks!
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Xfull Ithaca choke
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I'll be using an Ithaca 37 w/Turkey "Retro Kit" (just like salzo's) with a Leupold Vari-X II Shotgun scope and a Carlson's turkey choke rated for the Hevi-Shot that I plan to run through it (3").
Idsman- You are gonna use a scope? I have never used one for turkey, but have been toying with the idea of putting a burris scout scope on it, mounted directly to the barrel. I just came into possession of a 1.5x Burris intermediate eye relief scope.
The sights that Ithaca supplied with the retro kit are junk(imho). I ordered a set of williams deerslayer sights, to replace the existing sights, but hey have not come in. If they do not come in, I might try the scout scope idea.
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The sights that Ithaca supplied with the retro kit are junk(imho).
Salzo, are the sights that came with your retro kit the same as the ones on my TurkeySlayer which are TRUGLO fiber optic sights?
Also click on attached website for the new combo Deeerslayer/Turkeyslayer gun. What is your opinion on this gun? Sometimes when manufactures combine products you tend to lose some of the good things of the products when sold seperately. For example TV and DVD combos, etc.
http://www.ithacagun.com/news/pressr/combo.shtml
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What do you think of the turkeyslayer storm? That kind of peaked my interest, but right now I have enough shotguns.
I know the new storm guns have "fixed barrels", but I wonder how much that really matters. My rifled barrels on my Ithaca shoot great, my smoothbore barrels shoot great, and my turkey barrel shoots great-dont know how much better they would shoot if fixed on the gun. Interchangeing barrels on my Ithaca does not seem to diminish the accuracy any, but maybe there is something to these fixed barrels.
Assuming you did not get the red dot sight that was on the link, I am assuming you got the same sights that I got(tru glo). I have gotten three barrels directly from Ithaca that have these sights, and each time I had to call Ithaca because the sights were broken when they arrived. They seem cheap to me. And I do not like how the front sight has play in it. Granted, not much play, but I really dont like the idea of that front sight flapping around.
I ordered the Williams deerslayer sights, which will fit on any "deerslayer" type system(turkey barels included). I have not seen them, but am relying on the fact that the williams sights I have had, have been great sights.
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Blackiebooger- I really do not know anything about it except what I have read on the sight. I love all of my IthACA shotguns, but I do not have any that are less than 30 years old. I do not know how the new products are these days.
What do you think of the turkeyslayer storm? That kind of peaked my interest, but right now I have enough shotguns.
I know the new storm guns have "fixed barrels", but I wonder how much that really matters. My rifled barrels on my Ithaca shoot great, my smoothbore barrels shoot great, and my turkey barrel shoots great-dont know how much better they would shoot if fixed on the gun. Interchangeing barrels on my Ithaca does not seem to diminish the accuracy any, but maybe there is something to these fixed barrels.
Assuming you did not get the red dot sight that was on the link, I am assuming you got the same sights that I got(tru glo). I have gotten three barrels directly from Ithaca that have these sights, and each time I had to call Ithaca because the sights were broken when they arrived. They seem cheap to me. And I do not like how the front sight has play in it. Granted, not much play, but I really dont like the idea of that front sight flapping around.
I ordered the Williams deerslayer sights, which will fit on any "deerslayer" type system(turkey barels included). I have not seen them, but am relying on the fact that the williams sights I have had, have been great sights.
Salzo, after receiving your response I remembered that the rear sight on my Turkeyslayer was missing and that I had called a couple of months ago and they were going to send me another one. They never sent it. I just got off the phone with them and they are sennding it out to me today. I have the same sights as the retro-fit kits. They said they changed the design of the rear sight and it is no longer a dove-tail sight but a pegged one. They stated that a lot of the older type dove-tail sights were getting broken during shipment.
My front sight doesn't have any play in it. The front sight is anchored with a screw directly in back of the red dot. When you get your Williams sights let me know how you like them.
I have an Ithaca 12 gauge model 37 featherlight that my wife bought me as a wedding gift. (No, our wedding was not a "shotgun wedding[:D][:D]). I lke the Ithacas because of the fit and balance when bringing them up to my shoulder. As a far as the turkeyslayer both times it was fired at a turkey, it killed the turkeys. I have no complaints about it except the dove-tail rear sight.
Tim said you might come up to northern PA to hunt some turkey. There is good turkey hunting in McKean and Potter counties. There is also good hunting near where I live in Erie County. I hunt just a couple miles from my house. A couple of years ago the Game Commision trapped 38 gobblers in this area and sold them to other states for $800.00 each. I was told a number of them were sent to Michigan. We still see a lot of gobblers in this area. Crawford County is alos real good for turkey.
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I do not think I will be going up for the spring season. I usually go up during the small game/turkey season. I have gotten two turkey in 10 years going up to Potter-the years I didnt get a turkey I didnt even see any. I dont know thearea well enough, and if I am "lucky" Ill get a turkey. And if I am not lucky, I can still get a grouse or some squirrel. During the spring, if I aint lucky, I cant shoot anything. The fall season is "more bang for my buck".
I have two model 37 twelve guages. One is set up just for turkey, the other I use for deer and small game/turkey, using a rifled barrel for deer. I also have just the receiver for another 12 guage Ithaca. Unfortunately, it is a pre interchangeable barrel one. I was going to send it to Ithaca and have a rifled barrel fitted to it, but for what the cost would be I would be better off buying a new gun. I have plenty of barrels, just no receiver to fit them on. My needle in a haystack search has been looking for a post 855,000 receiver ONLY, so that I can put my rifled barrel on it and make it exclusively a deer gun.
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