My son expressed an interest in going turkey hunting this spring, and since he didn’t get a deer this season I thought I’d try to get him setup for turkey. I’m faced with two major problems trying to pick out a suitable shotgun; he is small in stature so I don’t think he could handle much recoil. The second thing is that he has decreased upper/lower body strength ( he has muscular dystrophy) and needs something light weight. He had to use a shooting stick to help hold the front of his deer rifle, so I’m sure he’ll need it for a shotgun too.
I’m not a big shotgun guy, and I’ve only ever used 12ga. So should I be looking for a 20ga or 410? So far I’ve only been looking at the Henry single shot at 6.7 lbs, and I saw a Stoeger over/under at 6.9. Whats the effective range of a 410 turkey load? I’m sure it’s pretty obvious that I’m ignorant about this subject. I’m open to any and all suggestions.
Thank you for your help.