Originally Posted by
ek_buckmaster
I just shot my new 835 today and it came with an ulti-full turkey choke with a .695 constriction and it didn't shoot as well as i thought it would. I am just worried about spending 45 dollars on a new choke and having it shoot the same. Do i just say the heck with it and buy a new one? Or stick with the one i got and just have an average pattern?
Lead or Hevi-shot? If you are shooting lead then, honestly, you shouldn't expect a great pattern with that degree of constriction. .695 isn't that tight, even for the overbored barrel of the 835.
Below is the 40 yard pattern from my 835 with a Star Dot .676 and the Nitro 4X5X7 triplex 3.5", 2.25oz load. That is 246 pellets in the 10" circle.
I might could do better with an Indian Creek .670, but what's the point. This gun and load is lethal, let's say, way on out there.
