Browning Bps, my first shotgun. What turkey choke?

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Just picked up a Browning BPS 12G in 3" 28". Shadow grass dura touch coating in time for turkey season. Put Hi-viz turkey sights on it. Was able to try it out today and I am totally loving it. I'm a lefty and toyed with the idea of getting a Supernova just based on the "cool factor" alone. Sure glad I got the bps. Very left friendly and fits me well.
I fired off 30-40 rounds today in various loads. Magnum slugs kick but not unreasonably. I'm gonna try and pickup a turkey choke. Seemed the factory full was not quite tight enough. Recommendations welcomed.
 
I'm a lefty too and I was looking at one of those. I couldn't tell from pictures I saw online where the safety is. Doesn't look like it's on the back of the trigger guard but just want to make sure. I hate that set up being a lefty
 
top tang safety. Slide release is on left side behind trigger guard. Very, very nice option for a lefty. If you know someone that has one, take it for a day and shoot it. I think you will fall in love.
Really nice trigger too IMO
 
Lefty here too and love my standard blued 3" BPS. I've had good results with a relatively cheap Primos Tightwad tube, here's a target from last year's patterning board.

Range: 40 yards
Shells: Federal turkey loads, 3", 2 oz. of #5 shot, Flitecontrol wad.
Choke: Primos Tightwad turkey choke
Pellet Count: 85 pellets in a 10" circle, 25 of them in the poorly depicted head/neck area.

Also used Winchester 3" Turkey shells with maybe 10% less pellet count using the same choke.

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Thanks for the info guys. The hi-viz sights I have are called gobble dots. The design is such that you can't see anything from the turkeys point of view. :). The glow is only visible from the shooters position. I was at gander mountain in the states today and based on the recommendation of a friend, I tried to get an "undertaker choke". They had hundreds of them and for every gun but mine. :-(. I did buy the only turkey choke they had for a browning bps. It is made by truglo. Gobble choke or something. Extreme full choke. It sticks out past the end of the barrel and is ported. I will test it out and see how it patterns.

Cheers.
 
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Brownings barrels are overboard at .740" compared to other 12ga and tend to pattern well with a .675" bore choke. Indian Creek makes a great turkey choke. Get some Win. Xtended or Hevishot 6's and you'll beat any lead load out there for pattern density.
 
I use a Wilson precision .650 in my mossberg 535. It's almost to tight. I prefer the fixed full chokes of my double guns to be honest. 7/8oz of #6 kills Em dead fast
 
Just use the factory full or mod choke with some sort of high brass shot if your worried about it. They're really not the ghosts that people think they are, quite a dumb bird and yes I do know this from everyday experience. They are quite curious also, if you can't kill a thunder chicken at 40-50 yards with a factory full choke there's somethin wrong with what your doin.

Not tryin to be a ####, just put the full in, get some high brass #4-#5 get out there and have fun brother! People overthink too much, you got this no problem!
 
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