some may recall, I posted about a new 870 express turkey gun I got a week ago and had pattern problems with the factory extra full turkey choke. Turned out, it was a .687 choke, equal to a normal "full", which i find disappointing since it is supposed to be a dedicated turkey gun. That's another story.
anyway, i bought two chokes, a primos Tight Wad with .660 constriction and a tru glo xtreme with .665. I expected the 660 to work best so I started with it but found the density to be less than desire. With Win 3 inch Supreme XX #6 Max I was getting 51 and 51 pellets in a 9 inch paper plate. Not great!
Went to the Tru Glo .665 with the same shell and I got 73 pellets in the 9 inch plate, a meaningful improvement. The rule as I understand it is 100 in a 10 inch circle. I didn't measure that but suppose I would have picked up another 10-15 pellets if 10 inches, still light but acceptable to me.
I also shot Hevi 13 in #6 and expected more but got 65 pellets in 9 inches but the pattern did shoot high and right, a bit different than the Win. With better sighting, I could have gotten into the 75-85 pellet range.
All that said, I can live with it. Got a turkey this morning at 25 yrds so didn't need to push the range.
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Mathews Q2
Wisker Biquit, B2
Tru Glo Single Pin Glo Bright
Red Head Carbon Maxx 376 gr, 28.5 inches
68 lbs draw
281 fps
66 lbs KE
I have the Rem. 870 express also tried a few set ups until I found the one I was most happy with......
Rhino choke .660 and Nitro 4x5x7 =64 pellets in the turkey target head and neck most of the rest in a 10 inch circle at 40 yards. the longest shot I have ever needed to take was at 30 yards even at 20 yards a clean kill.
When you get a chance you might want to try it. Sounds like you have a good setup.
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Use a .660 Kicks GT on my 870 SM and get from 15-19 in the vitals at 40 yds, with Fed # 5's. use a .655 Kicks GT in my 1187 SM and get 20-25 in the vitals with Fed # 6's.
Choke update: Rem 870
