turkey chokes?
01-23-2008 | 07:05 PM
#41
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RE: turkey chokes?
ORIGINAL: gmil6184
Mossbergman - i killed my first 5 or 6 turkeys with a remington 870 20 gauge with a factory full choke. A plain old full choke will work just fine out to any reasonable range, with a 12 gauge that should be about 35-40 yards (theoretically). You should def pattern your gun and make sure you are getting plenty of pellets in the kill zone. That being said some of the new after-market choke tubes can throw some pretty impressive patterns, and might be worth the investment, but assuming it patterns well, a full choke should do just fine.
Mossbergman - i killed my first 5 or 6 turkeys with a remington 870 20 gauge with a factory full choke. A plain old full choke will work just fine out to any reasonable range, with a 12 gauge that should be about 35-40 yards (theoretically). You should def pattern your gun and make sure you are getting plenty of pellets in the kill zone. That being said some of the new after-market choke tubes can throw some pretty impressive patterns, and might be worth the investment, but assuming it patterns well, a full choke should do just fine.
do you think this will work?
01-23-2008 | 09:49 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: turkey chokes?
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
My bad, you guys were correct, I have the tightwad, not the jellyhead.
But it still throws a heck of a pattern with the winchester supreme turkey loads.
My bad, you guys were correct, I have the tightwad, not the jellyhead.
But it still throws a heck of a pattern with the winchester supreme turkey loads.
01-23-2008 | 10:49 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: turkey chokes?
well if it is a full choke barrel i assume you mean that it is not threaded for choke tubes, and its just a full choke bore? If that is the case then no you wouldn't be able to use any after market choke on it without some serious gunsmithing or a new barrel. But like i said if it is a full choke bore then you shouldn't really need a choke, the constriction that you would get from the choke is built in the barrel. Assuming all that is true i would pick a box of turkey loads and see how it shoots from 20 yards, then 25, then 30 etc. That way you can find your maximum range and see if any holes in your pattern develop, if so try different ammo. practice a couple close shots too because that pattern is tight right out of the barrel and its easy to miss if you aren't careful and don't know exactly where your gun shoots. The extra constriction that you get from a super full/turkey choke means the pattern is tighter which helps extend your range a little bit, but out to 30-35 yards that turkey will never know the difference
01-25-2008 | 05:35 PM
#45
Fork Horn
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From: Yantis, TX
RE: turkey chokes?
ORIGINAL: mossbergman11
yeah thats what i mean. its a winchester model 12 12 gauge if that helps form 1940's
yeah thats what i mean. its a winchester model 12 12 gauge if that helps form 1940's
That's a classic!! Nice weapon.
Up until just a few years ago, I killed turkey's with an old Remington, built on Browning patents (old humpback), made in the 1920's. That gun has had no telling how many cases of shells shot through it. It's been retired to the safe, but will still shoot.
01-27-2008 | 10:45 AM
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From: New Hartford, NY
RE: turkey chokes?
well if the barrel is not threaded for choke tubes and it is just a full choke bore then an extra full is not really an option, unless you have a different shotgun in mind. i think it would be just fine as is, without an extra full, for most shots. the only way to determine how far you can shoot is to pattern it, but you should be fine out to at least 35 yards i would think. This is a question you might want to ask someone much smarter then me but is a gun that old able to stand up to the high pressures of modern shotshells? I'm 99% sure it would be, but you might want to ask someone, just a thought..
