turkey chokes?
#21
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: DFW
The NWTF website? Absolutely! It doesn't cost anything to post. Just register and you're done. It's like anything else...you register and they'll send youa linkin your email that you'll have to go on to activate your account. It's very simple. Go on there and ask away! There are some really good guys over there.
#24
Mossberman11....as Simp has already stated, the nwtf site is a great site to get lots of valuable information from some of the most hardcore turkey hunters. There is a guy that frequents the nwtf message boards that goes by the name of allaboutshooting. His real name is Clark Bush and he is a former world record holder in still target shotgun shooting. He also is a tester for many of the shotshell companies (they send him their shells and he gives likes / dislikes). He has shot just about every gun / choke / shotshell / barrel length combination out there. He also has a website were he gives free advice based on his experiences. You can tell him the make of your gun and barrel length and he will recommend you a choke / shotshell that has good results. His website is http://www.allaboutshooting.com/ and he is an extremely nice person that can probably help you out more than any other person. You will be able to find his email on his website. Any time I send him an email, he is pretty quick to respond, too.
#27
One of the guns I shoot is a mossberg 500. I have a jellyhead choke $20, and shoot #5 Winchester supremes(turkey loads)from it. THat might get you started and save some money trying out a lot of things.
#28
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: NewLowell ,Ontario ,Canada
If you want an easier way to look at this choke/combo thing this is what I found with all my testing.
Chokes and patterns run in Levels
the price of a choke will get you a level of a pattern no matter what shell you shoot.
The higher the quality the higher the level of pattern you’re going to achieve.
When chokes are milled they are done in different ways. You have
Short chokes that fit even with your barrel.
Long chokes that are extended out past the end of your barrel.
These choke tubes are built fora reason. The extended chokes have necks or tapers milled into them. Some have short tapers and some have long tapers. The more of a taper that is in a choke the more work is needed in the choke. Themore work in a choke is the more money it costs. Then if a choke company applies porting to the choke, again you have that much more work involved.
The higher priced choke tubes are quality tubes and the shooter needs to find a shell that works best in that choke. All of these chokes will out pattern the cheaper chokes on the market.
There are 2 levels a shooter needs to think about and decide what he wants in a combo.
1/ a hunting combo - A choke and shell combo that will shoot has a constant pattern at a turkey/neck consistently.
2/ A shooters combo - something to brag about- A shooter that changes chokes and loads to come up with a combo that is high above an average turkey hunter.
Number 2 takes a lot of money and testing all the time. As new equipment comes out the shooter is on this equipment to test it.
The average turkey hunter only wants a pattern that is well above average gun used. To get this with a savings in the money department, you would be better to spend that $100.00 bill for a good quality choke and test the same shells that you would on a normal base.
Spending money in cheap made chokes only adds up to a quality choke and in the end you pay more because you will end up buying one of the quality chokes.
I have seen this for years from lots of hunters wanting that good turkey choke/shell combo...
Chokes and patterns run in Levels
the price of a choke will get you a level of a pattern no matter what shell you shoot.
The higher the quality the higher the level of pattern you’re going to achieve.
When chokes are milled they are done in different ways. You have
Short chokes that fit even with your barrel.
Long chokes that are extended out past the end of your barrel.
These choke tubes are built fora reason. The extended chokes have necks or tapers milled into them. Some have short tapers and some have long tapers. The more of a taper that is in a choke the more work is needed in the choke. Themore work in a choke is the more money it costs. Then if a choke company applies porting to the choke, again you have that much more work involved.
The higher priced choke tubes are quality tubes and the shooter needs to find a shell that works best in that choke. All of these chokes will out pattern the cheaper chokes on the market.
There are 2 levels a shooter needs to think about and decide what he wants in a combo.
1/ a hunting combo - A choke and shell combo that will shoot has a constant pattern at a turkey/neck consistently.
2/ A shooters combo - something to brag about- A shooter that changes chokes and loads to come up with a combo that is high above an average turkey hunter.
Number 2 takes a lot of money and testing all the time. As new equipment comes out the shooter is on this equipment to test it.
The average turkey hunter only wants a pattern that is well above average gun used. To get this with a savings in the money department, you would be better to spend that $100.00 bill for a good quality choke and test the same shells that you would on a normal base.
Spending money in cheap made chokes only adds up to a quality choke and in the end you pay more because you will end up buying one of the quality chokes.
I have seen this for years from lots of hunters wanting that good turkey choke/shell combo...
#29
I think in some cases you can have too tight of a choke. Some people go for a "shooters combo", as defined by adrian above, and it is great to have that tight of a pattern out around the 50 yard range...but what happens with the pattern if you are forced to take a shot at 15 yards? I am not really interested in getting a super tight pattern, but I am more interested in getting a pattern that doesn't have a bunch of "big" holes in them. I guess you could put me in the hunting combo, as defined by adrian above
#30
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
One of the guns I shoot is a mossberg 500. I have a jellyhead choke $20, and shoot #5 Winchester supremes(turkey loads)from it. THat might get you started and save some money trying out a lot of things.
One of the guns I shoot is a mossberg 500. I have a jellyhead choke $20, and shoot #5 Winchester supremes(turkey loads)from it. THat might get you started and save some money trying out a lot of things.


