Pardner Turkey

[dannyfro]

I was wondering if any of you out there had any experience with the Pardner Turkey model single shot in 12 gauge and 3.5" chamber with interchangeable chokes looks like a good setup for whatever you might come across. Thanks for your insight it is much appreciated.

Dan

[woodsrunner]

Dan--I've got that barrel.

 With the factory x-full choke shooting shooting 3"#5 Rem. at 15 paces, I can drop a golf ball thru the hole, at 40 paces it's not so impressive. Haven't tried different shells much to give an opinion.

 I do know it doesn't like 2 3/4 #6 at any range.

 Will kick like hell without some weight in the buttstock.

 I am thinking about trying a different choke and loads to see how that may work.

 All that being said, I have killed a number of birds with it out to about 30 yards.--woodsrunner
 

[dannyfro]

Thats a damn tight pattern. Might try just a full choke see how it does. Have you tried any of the 3 1/2" yet? Thanks for your response.

Dan

[tacklebury]

I'd say you might want to try a heavier shot.  Here the largest you can use is #1 (not buck) and that will probably pattern a bit better at the longer ranges.  I have shot 000 buck through my extra full and at 40 yards it was mostly on a std. paper plate.  I think one went just off the edge. 

[dannyfro]

Nothing wrong with that. Anyone out there scoped theres or put a red dot on it?

Dan

[tacklebury]

May have fun finding a red dot that'll take the recoil of a 3.5" turkey load.    That being said, several have mounted iron sights with epoxy/jbweld/solder and there are several threads if you search back.  I don't like scopes, so only one centerfire and one rimfire I own are scoped.  hehe

[dannyfro]

More curious then anything to see if anyone had found one that would hold up to the beating.

Dan

[woodsrunner]

Tackebury-- that would be #4 shot???

[DaveH]

Here is the Truglo red dot that has been mounted on my MAB 10 Ga turkey gun for the pass three seasons.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/975331/truglo-xtreme-red-dot-sight-30mm-tube-1x-red-and-green-4-pattern-reticle-10-moa-dot-crosshair-with-15-moa-peep-3-moa-center-dot-crosshair-with-integral-weaver-style-base-realtree-apg-camo

[tacklebury]

Tackebury-- that would be #4 shot???

Yep, my bad.  lol

[Doublebass73]

I had one that I ended up selling on the classifieds here, my weak shoulder finally told me to step down to a 16 gauge. That being said it was a fantastic turkey gun. I patterned lots of different ammo and I remember the 3 1/2" Remington #5's had an incredibly nice pattern at 40 yards. Pretty much every load I tried gave very respectable patterns. I would have never gotten rid of it if my shoulder hadn't told me to do so

[dannyfro]

Looks like a solid all around shotgun.

Dan

[gstewart44]

I have had my NWTF Pardner 12g for 10 years now and have harvested a tom with it for 9 of the seasons.   I use Kent Cartridge's 3.5"  2.25 oz load at 1200 fps.    My Pardner weighs just a tad under 6 lbs without anything added.   Has the external xfull choke and a truglow bead for sights.   I love this shotgun but have loathed the recoil.   
 
With my favorite load above the free recoil is just under 100 ft/lbs !!!   this is 4x my heaviest 3006 load and darned unpleasant on my shoulder.    I put a 18 oz steel bar in the hollow of the buttstock and a limbsaver which dropped the recoil down to about 85 ft/lbs but I still get bruised from shooting anymore than a single round out of it.     
 
the 3" loads are what I will try this coming season - I am getting too old for the beating and developing some retinal pro'lems lately....
 
But I love my turkey gun!

[jpshaw]

I must be a wuz.  Haven't even bothered with the 3 inch ones yet.  Maybe never will.  There is only 2 reasons for non-military to have a gun and that is 1. protection  2. recreation.  All hunting target shooting etc falls into recreation and I've never enjoyed getting beat up by man or machine.  Yes, I own a 5 Lb 6 1/2 oz Partner 12 Ga but I shy away from the 1 1/4 oz loads like the plaque.  Fired a 1 1/2 short magnum out of it once and thought;  No, that was not recreation.  So if I take up Turkey hunting he better come in close enough for a 2 3/4 inch shell.  I'll go for 1 1/4 oz for that only.  The rest of the time will be 1 and 1 1/8 oz shot.  Those are recreation.

[dannyfro]

Some people just like pain. Different strokes for different folks. I've never been recoil sensitive so it doesn't bother me though I have shot the single shot 12 gauge slug guns and they do have a brute smack to them.

Dan

[jpshaw]

I quess they're like elephant guns.  Elephant guns don't kick when you're shooting elephants.  I'm sure the 3.5 inch turkey guns don't kick when you take a shot at that big gobler but before you do that you have to see where it patterns at different ranges.  That's when I say to myself; "are you having fun yet?"  I didn't use to be so recoil sensitive but after my Heart Doctor put me on  blood thinners I seem to bruise if you stare at me too long.  To each his own I quess.

[Brewster]

For the bruises, get some Vitamin K cream.  For the fillet knife cuts and such, Kwik Stop Gel.  I speak from 6 years on the thinners.

[jpshaw]

For the bruises, get some Vitamin K cream.  For the fillet knife cuts and such, Kwik Stop Gel.  I speak from 6 years on the thinners.

I will definitly try that Brewster.

[ThomD]

Is the factory still making these?  I wanted one, but they only appear to offer the IC in 10ga.  On the other hand the catalog page is incomplete as it mentions the waterfowl version also, but does not cover it on the page.  They dropped a lot of models...