Carlson's Extended Turkey Choke

An extra-full turkey choke tightens the shot column far beyond a factory full choke, squeezing more pellets into the kill zone so a headshot at 40-plus yards still lands enough hits to be lethal. Carlson's builds this tube from 17-4 heat-treated stainless steel with a matte blue finish; it extends about an inch past the muzzle and runs a 1.050-inch parallel section that settles the pattern into a tight, even core. Carlson's is the mainstream, widely stocked turkey choke, the practical first upgrade before stepping up to a boutique constriction.

Turkey chokes are cut for a specific host thread pattern, so the tube is sold per shotgun. Carlson's offers the extended turkey line in Remington Rem-Choke, Browning Invector-Plus, Beretta and Benelli Mobil, Winchester and Mossberg, and other common patterns; pick the one that matches your barrel. Constriction runs tight in the extra-full range, and exact patterns still depend on the load, so pattern the gun at your expected distance with the exact shell you plan to hunt. Carlson's cautions against steel shot larger than #4 through this tube, and if you are building around Tungsten Super Shot, confirm TSS suitability or step up to a tube marketed specifically for it.

For most turkey hunters this is the choke that turns a general-purpose shotgun into a dedicated turkey gun without a boutique price. It patterns dense with quality lead and HeviShot turkey loads, installs like any thread-in choke, and holds up to repeated seasons of heavy magnum payloads.