What am I missing here?

FirstFreedom · May 16, 2005, 11:55 AM

Why does a dedicated turkey shotgun have a rifled barrel?

http://www.savagearms.com/210ftcamo.htm

Russ5924 · May 16, 2005, 04:53 PM

Think they tried to sell it as a deer gun and couldn't sell it so they made it into a turkey gun.I hate bolt action shotguns in any form but got nice camo on it so if you set it down you can never find it again.

HSMITH · May 16, 2005, 10:37 PM

My guess is that it is STRAIGHT rifled. This keeps the shot charge from rotating and that keeps centrifugal force from helping pellets leave the pattern. LOTS of turkey chokes are straight rifled, and it is somewhat common in custom barrels.

It does work, and the straight rifled barrels typically pattern better than a smoothbore barrel of the same quality.

May 16, 2005, 11:55 AM	#1
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,452	What am I missing here? Why does a dedicated turkey shotgun have a rifled barrel? http://www.savagearms.com/210ftcamo.htm

May 16, 2005, 04:53 PM	#2
Russ5924 Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1,874	Think they tried to sell it as a deer gun and couldn't sell it so they made it into a turkey gun.I hate bolt action shotguns in any form but got nice camo on it so if you set it down you can never find it again. __________________ Russ5924

May 16, 2005, 10:37 PM	#3
HSMITH Senior Member Join Date: June 22, 2002 Posts: 2,019	My guess is that it is STRAIGHT rifled. This keeps the shot charge from rotating and that keeps centrifugal force from helping pellets leave the pattern. LOTS of turkey chokes are straight rifled, and it is somewhat common in custom barrels. It does work, and the straight rifled barrels typically pattern better than a smoothbore barrel of the same quality.