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What is with adults using youth guns to hunt turkeys?
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<blockquote data-quote="Southern Sportsman" data-source="post: 5309340" data-attributes="member: 10399"><p>When wing shooting, I'm very particular about length of pull. I added spacers between the stock and butt pad on my duck gun to bring the LOP to just over 15". With a turkey gun, LOP is less important. And I'm typically sitting leaning into the gun, so a shorter LOP is preferable anyway. I shoot a youth 20. The LOP from the factory is less than 1" shorter than the standard "adult" model but the youth version offered a shorter barrel — which I wanted. So I removed the factory butt pad, replaced it with a thicker butt pad, and now it fits just like a standard model but with a shorter barrel. If you picked it up and shouldered it, you probably wouldn't think it was a youth model. </p><p></p><p>Many people want a more compact gun for turkey hunting. The reasons should be obvious. Most "adult" guns have a 14" LOP. Most "youth" guns have a 13" LOP, but they are lighter with a shorter barrel. So for someone who wants to shoot a 20 ga anyway, youth model guns are often ideal. </p><p></p><p>But if you feel more deadly in the turkey woods carrying a big heavy gun, by all means . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southern Sportsman, post: 5309340, member: 10399"] When wing shooting, I’m very particular about length of pull. I added spacers between the stock and butt pad on my duck gun to bring the LOP to just over 15”. With a turkey gun, LOP is less important. And I’m typically sitting leaning into the gun, so a shorter LOP is preferable anyway. I shoot a youth 20. The LOP from the factory is less than 1” shorter than the standard “adult” model but the youth version offered a shorter barrel — which I wanted. So I removed the factory butt pad, replaced it with a thicker butt pad, and now it fits just like a standard model but with a shorter barrel. If you picked it up and shouldered it, you probably wouldn’t think it was a youth model. Many people want a more compact gun for turkey hunting. The reasons should be obvious. Most “adult” guns have a 14” LOP. Most “youth” guns have a 13” LOP, but they are lighter with a shorter barrel. So for someone who wants to shoot a 20 ga anyway, youth model guns are often ideal. But if you feel more deadly in the turkey woods carrying a big heavy gun, by all means . . . [/QUOTE]
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