hey y'all scott reekers here with eastmans and today i'm here to review the weatherby
element turkey shotgun the first thing that i'm sure all of you are noticing is a very classic
look on this shotgun from weatherby now what is that classic look it is the mossy oak bottomland
for any of you who are into the nostalgia of camouflage patterns and really enjoy the look and
feel of some of the old patterns it's been pretty cool because there's been kind of a resurgence of
some of those lately this definitely is it and so brandon and i were actually we were turkey
hunting we're doing some river bottom running and gunning and we had a moment where i set this the
shotgun against a different tree while we were changing our setups and i didn't realize that
i had changed trees but this thing blended in so well that i didn't notice where i put it and i
actually looked for a couple minutes before brandon chuckled and said it's it's sitting
right there so that's the beauty of this mossy oak bottomland another feature of this shotgun
and this is a shotgun that i have some history with this is an inertia driven shotgun which i
really like the inertia systems they are they're very smooth their action is easy to operate and
once you learn how it operates and switches there's there's a learning curve for a lot
of people especially the young hunters that are out there when they move safe from the pump gun
up to a semi-automatic and then learning the gas versus the inertia some of the little different
different pieces that are there and the way they operate so i really like the inertia system i like
how smooth it is but one of the things that i also like about it is that it absorbs kick fairly well
and so we've shot this gun a couple of times and we've enjoyed shooting it but because it is
lighter it is going to kick quite a bit its weight is actually significantly less than say a bigger
gun like weatherby's 18i and because of that it's easier to carry around for this run and gun style
that we do here out west but because it is lighter there will be a little more kick and the beauty of
this inertia system is that it does absorb some of the shock there and you're able to you're able
to absorb it and shoot well nobody likes getting punched in the face or punched in the shoulder
when you're shooting these guns and so having a gun that absorbs that well helps tremendously
especially with these magnum loads that we have now what size shot shell does this this element
except well it takes two and three quarter and three inch yesterday we did some patterning
before we actually got out in the field and there is no issue whatsoever using three inch shells
wow that's a good pattern it's a really good pattern
the three and a half is is something that is definitely available in bigger guns like the 18i
but the turkey is designed for being mobile it's designed for being able to run and gun very easily
and so that's why you've got the two options instead of the bigger barreled gun like the 18i
so next up let's talk about the barrel and some of the things that go along with that as you'll
notice this is a factory full extended turkey choke that comes with this so it's fluted which
makes it very easy for removing as you can see and the gun's unloaded just so everyone knows
but you can see it's very easy to remove which is nice if you need to change it out
and that's a that's a great thing to have so one of the frustrations that you can often have
is you have to remove a bear or remove a choke but you have to make sure you bring your tool
in your pack to do that that's kind of a pain this system makes it very easy and also allows
you to limit movement if i have to get into my pack to pull out a tool to take this choke out
that would be an issue however if you decide you want to change your choke in the field you can do
that with just your hands it's a beautiful system so next up is how does a shoulder how does it feel
so when i pull it up and i shoulder it and i look down the sight line it's i enjoy how this feels
just a personal note here i've owned a weatherby element shotgun for a lot of years i like how it
shoulders i like how it feels and now that we've got an option in this mossy oak bottomland with
the element turkey that's even better because it's something that i have some history with and i
like the gun itself so that's a beautiful system to be able to have that and upgrade this and so i
like how it shoulders and i'm not just saying that i've actually owned this shotgun for quite a while
a few features to wrap up this shotgun you'll notice right here the safety is easy to reach for
so it's not it's not a reach up here i know there are some shotguns that have safeties up here and
it's really kind of a matter of preference with that i personally like it right here close the
trigger so you slip in and you're able to get your finger to the trigger real easy so i like that
the action is easy to use smooth able to do that so i really like the location and feel of all
all the features here on this inertia driven system and then you've also got rubber here so
you'll be able to hold it hold it tight because let's just be honest with these with these turkey
loads you want to hold the shotgun tight they'll absorb some of that kick and so those are all
of the extra features that i really enjoy and i really like about this weatherby element turkey
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