deast1988
Senior Member
Sx4 long beard released at shot show,
I have the same setup, and I love itJust my two cents worth....I bought a Mossberg super bantam for the same purpose, but it is brutal with turkey loads. I say this as the owner of a 40 year old single shot 10 ga, which doesn't seem as bad. It is painful to pattern. Auto loader may help, but I would shoot one before I bought, if you can. I started to list it for sale last year, but grandkids can shoot it for other purposes with light loads. I have a CZ Drake O/U I started toting and it carried about as good and is pleasant to shoot with 2 3/4 or 3" double X and killed turkeys just as well as anything else. It may be heavier than the bantam, but is balanced well and I can tote it all day with no sling. I kept a turkey choke in the top cylinder and skeet choke in the bottom, so ready for close or further.
He needs to put a few more file strokes on it then. Also, changed a spring out that took the creep out of it.I recently built a youth model 870 in 20ga. Sighted in with a dove load, buddy, that thing rattled my teeth on a turkey load. Still going to carry it some, but I have a Franchi Affinity that will be my main gun. Like dupree, I had a SA459, and that trigger was terrible, even after getting it worked on by a gunsmith.
Sold that junk. Went with a FranchiHe needs to put a few more file strokes on it then. Also, changed a spring out that took the creep out of it.
X2Franchi Affinity 20 gauge, you will not be disappointed.
Works perfect for me also.I have a Remington 870 pump youth model in 20 gauge. Super lite, short and easy to carry in the woods.