Pardner Turkey for Pheasant

[PartsMan]

I want a light 12g for Phesant hunting. Walking all day to try and shoot 2 birds.
My 20 guage pump works fine for smaller game and higher volume shooting but has more weight than power.
A local hardware store has a Pardner Turkey 12g camo in stock. (Love the camo stock)
Seems like it would work perfectly to me.
Will it work fine for game birds or is the paturn too tight?

[ScatterGunner]

i'll offer this:

if you go with a 12 gauge, i'd use a 1 ounce load of #7 1/2 or 8's or a fitasc load and a skeet or improved cylinder choke at best. the pardner turkey has a screw in choke so you should be able to pick one up at gander mountain or your favorite gun shop.

if you are using good pointers you can get away with any sub-gauge and almost any load. some of my friends come out with 12 gauge 3 1/2" #4 magnums with a 1 3/8 oz warhead and usually go home with beaks and tailfeathers!

"SG"

[PartsMan]

I'm pretty sure the one I looked at was fixed full choke.
Also no dogs usually. We get a bunch of guys and walk out a draw or something.
Longer shots than you see with good dogs.
I ussualy try to take a #6 but have killed plenty with 2.5" low brass #8 20g.
My dad used to buy my brother and I a whole case each for christmas.

I really just wondered if it would shoot OK with regular 2 3/4" field loads as oposed to 3.5" turkey loads.
I don't have any desire to shoot 3.5" lead.

[Foggy]

I would get the forcing cone lenthed ans an improved-modified choke tube and hunt birds

[Markus]

If it's the fixed full model it should be fine for the conditions you describe. Be warned that once you spend a day carrying it you will be hooked, son you'll get a 20 then a 28 and the addiction will morph into modifying them to get the perfect do all shotgun. Soon you realize this isn't possible and start building and modifying a gun for every prupose instead. Get the gun, if it doesn't work out for you, you could sell it here in the classifieds.

[PartsMan]

It is the Fixed full choke. I checked the site and the regular Pardner Turkey is screw in extra full
but the camo version has a 24" fixed full choke barrel.

What would be a decent price on that gun these days?
They have $189 on it.

[sachel.45]

i think i paid something like that for mine. mine shoots just fine with regular game loads pick up a couple boxes of shells and go out and pattern it. theres a metal rod in the stock i think it weighs about a pound it makes it (to me) a very rear heavy gun i take it out when im hunting with it i put it back when i trying out a new load it helps with the recoil when your trying out a bunch of loads. but it balance better for me without the weight  great shotgun by the way

[ScatterGunner]

markus couldn't have said it any better!

"SG"

[PartsMan]

i think i paid something like that for mine. mine shoots just fine with regular game loads pick up a couple boxes of shells and go out and pattern it. theres a metal rod in the stock i think it weighs about a pound it makes it (to me) a very rear heavy gun i take it out when im hunting with it i put it back when i trying out a new load it helps with the recoil when your trying out a bunch of loads. but it balance better for me without the weight  great shotgun by the way

Thank you.
I went and handled it today after work. I noticed the extra rear weight right away.
How is it held in? This one seemed to jiggle a little.

[sachel.45]

theres a screw thats put in at an angle to hold the weight in some are tighter than others

[Markus]

Mine had just one small philips head wood screw at an angle as Sachel.45 said

[PartsMan]

Good to hear. Probably just a loose screw. I might take it out anyway.

I might try to build my own anyway. Found a pawn shop that has three regular
pardners tagged at $79 each. Figure I can order the camo stocks new and still be cheaper.
I've got to go back and make check what barrels they have.

[MSP Ret]

you could always just buy 3 or 4 cans of the correct colors of spray paint and make your own camo stocks, many here have and its not hard....<><....