Can you shoot 3" magnum turkey loads in a Savage 24v-a???

I use all of the above and with the exception of the Winchesters, get a similar pattern result to the target posted.  They are all 3 inch shells.  The exact box of shells I used to shoot that target is on the target.  I limit my shots at turkeys to 30 yards and kill most of them closer.  So close in fact, that I have shot the head completely off of gobblers.  I stepped off about 30 yards and set up my target, shot it and then measured it with my range finder and it said 29 yards.  That is close enough to 30 yards for me and for sure, it would have been a dead turkey even if it had been at 30 yards.  Both of my Savage 24's are marked on the barrel for 3 inch 20 gage shells. But then, I have never seen one that wasn't, but I have not seen them all.

I am not trying to tell you how to hunt or shoot, but I am strongly suggesting that if you want to KILL a turkey instead of SHOOTING AT a turkey, that you KNOW WITHOUT DOUBT exactly where that shot is going to go with whatever shell you use.  ALWAYS PATTERN YOUR GUN with the shell you are going to use BEFORE you use it to shoot turkeys.  Too many so called "hunters" do not do that.  They are the ones always telling you about the "BIG ONE" they shot, but it ran or flew off. 

DON'T BE THAT GUY!!!

The APEX loads with #8  Tungsten shot had the best, most dense shot pattern of all of those I tested.  You will only find them on the Internet and not in a stocking dealer store.  HERE -->>  is a link apexmunition.com/product/small-town-hunting-blend-7-59-3-5-12-gauge-2-5-oz-qty-5-per-box/  No worries, they will be delivered to your front door by UPS or Fed-X. At 30 yards the APEX loads are so tight and dense they will dam near cut a gobblers head off and I have no doubt that it will give consistent kills at 40 yards in my gun, although I simply DO NOT shoot that far.  I want them almost in my lap before I make the shot because I like to mess with them and see how close I can get them to come in.  I only shoot as soon as I see that the gobbler has made me and if you have much experience hunting turkeys, you'll KNOW when he puts that big, black EVIL EYE on you that he KNOWS what you are and you'll know in time to make a shot IF YOU ALREADY HAVE your gun aimed at him like you should.  If you try to out draw him with your gun in your lap, you will not eat that turkey. You may kill him as he runs or flys off, but you won't find him.  He will make a meal for some fox, coyote, or bobcat.   When you have your gun up and he is inside of 30 yards, it's too late for him to do anything about his situation even when he does make you out as a threat.  However, when you let them get that close, you have to be really accurate in making the shot because the shot column with these new tungsten shells is so small and tight, you can MISS THEM.  ASK ME HOW I KNOW!!! I do not shoot running or flying turkeys nor do I body shoot them.  Head shots only.  But that's just me. If I spook him or miss him, and I am highly skilled at doing that, he'll be there tomorrow or next week, and I'll have another chance to mess with him. I'm not mad at them anyway, but I love to hunt them and do like to try to call them in close.   The Winchester loads were the least effective as far as shot pattern is concerned.  IMO, they spread too quickly to keep a good, tight pattern, but they will kill at 30 yards and they are less expensive than any of the others.   The APEX loads produce the best patterns and are the most expensive.  The Federal loads are a good medium with excellent patterns and a reasonable price. 

But I killed a truck load of turkeys shooting 2 3/4 inch reloads of 7/8 ounces of #8 shot out of my 20 gage Savage 24 by letting them come in close.  You learn to be a real turkey hunter doing that.  Today you can buy the same loads for about half of what it now cost to reload them so Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???