ORIGINAL: 8mm/06
The guy from Carlson called me today to say that my internet order was going to take till May 1st ....b/c of an ordering problem the .640 choke was out of stock till then.
He explained that he thought that the .660 that they DID have in stock would probably be abetter set-up for me anyway ... he wont on to say the the .640 was really for card shooters (whatever that means) and the pattern was great for a certain range and then it opened up too much for turkey hunting ... at least that's what he told me.......
Anyway, after talking to a couple of my buddies that know way more than me about this turkey hunting stuff they told me he wasn't leading me wring....
I went ahead with the switch on the order, same cost but the .660 tube instead.
Moose, thanks for the offer, if the one i ordered doesn't pattern well i may contact you
Thanks
Re: Card Shooting
What he means is "turkey shoots". A .640 is pretty much off the scale of adjectives when it comes to tight chokes. Honestly if you tried to shoot a 3" load of #4 hevi shot down the bore you might well blow the end of the barrel off. Those .640 card chokes are designed to be shot with lower pressure #9, #8 and #7.5 dove/trap loads for turkey shoots at 35 yards.
If you are unfamiliar with turkey shoots, the basic rules of the game center around a 3x5 card with a fine crosshair intersecting in the middle. The target is put on a post or target board, usually about 35 yards distant. Shooters use their own gun, and are given one shell per round... all from the same box (keeps it fair). The winner is determined by whoever puts a pellet closest to the intersection of that crosshair. Only takes one pellet to win. Its a big fundraiser usually for hunt clubs, firehouses, rotary clubs. Prizes range from butterball turkeys (historically it was live turkeys), to bacon, hams, gift certificates, and there is usually a money round at the end of the night. There are of course different levels of this, and like everything else, some people take it super seriously and travel across the country and have specially made guns and so forth. Its largely a southern thing nowadays.... at least thats where they seem to be most prolific.