HeviShot choke tube..
 

Just out of curiosity, has anyone on here tried the Remington Hevi-Shot choke tube? The Tru-Glo I got 2 weeks ago doesn' t want to do to well at 40 yds, the best load was with #6 hevi-shot, barely scraping together 6 pellets in the kill zone, with gaps here and there, but it showed potential. Every other copper-plated load (I can' t remember all of them) looked terrible at 40. So I was thinking of trying that choke in my 870 and hoping it will tighten up the pattern a little more at 40 with the #6 hevi' s. Any thoughts.....experiences?
Mikey

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I' ve got that exact set up and will be trying it out this weekend. I' ll let you know what my results are.

Todd

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I was not impressed with the Rem. Hevi Shot X-Full tube at any distance shooting Rem. Hevi Shot 5' s through my Benelli Nova. The pattern was thin in places and not very well concentrated in the kill zone. The owner of a gun store suggested a factory IM or M choke for this load. Said he had good success with it both patterning and hunting last year. I plan on checking it out over the next few days and will give a report.

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Thanks guys, I' ll be looking for your and anybody else' s input. I need it......This patterning " chore" is blowing my " 2003 turkey budget" right out of the water.

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Mikey if you are shooting an 870 try the Rem. Ventilator choke, I don' t shoot the rem hevi-shot thru mine but I do shoot the Nitro hevi-shot and it does great, I posted a target on here the other day and at 40 yards had 243 shot in a 8 1/2 x11" paper, I' m well pleased. I think the Ventilator is one of the most under rated tubes on the market, I have not heard anyone that owns one say they did' nt pattern good.

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Strut, I have a ventilator from a buddy coming this weekend, so I' ll see what happens. Fed. #5' s also did o.k. with the tru-glo(.665), maybe the .655 ventilator will close it up a little!
Thanks
Mikey

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If I' m not mistaken the Nitro website doesn' t recommend a choke tighter than .665

I would be hesitant about the .655 Ventilator. It could be that you are getting too tight and need to open up the choke some. I patterned my 24" Nova the other day with the factory Modified and Full chokes and was very impressed with the Remington Hevi-Shot. If I can ever get some time again I' ll photo and post results.

MS, do the Remington chokes come to fit a Benelli? or have you had your Nova refitted for RemChokes?

Ah, here it is (I printed it out and it' s laying on my desk.)
Their tightest test patterns were with the NEW HEVI-SHOT (.675" ) at 94%

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Powduck,
I agree with your thoughts on the hevi-shot and the .675 choke. I have no intentions of funneling 1 5/8 of it through a .655 ventilator. I plan on trying my standard copper loads through the ventilator. I really would like to use the hevi shot, but it' s cost, and loose pattern at 40 just don' t seem to fit my gun right now. I was hoping someone out there would have a good review of the remington hevi-shot tube (w/hevi-shot) which could possibly be my next move if the ventilator w/copper rounds doesn' t help me. Thanks.
Mikey

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I was pleased with the Ventilator choke and copper shot, until I shot the Nitro hevi-shot, .655 might be tighter than they recommend but it does me a great job.

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If it works for you, Go For It! [8D]

Here' s a good article on real patterning with Hevi and a Rhino choke.
Patterns w/Pics

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Looks like the .660 choke out done the .665 pretty bad from the link you posted.

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Well, blow me down. I need to start drinking my coffee BEFORE checking and reading the boards in the mornings. [:o]

Good spot there, Strut. We' re all still learning with this stuff. I was merely pointing out what the manufacturer said. I guess they usually tend to be overly cautious due to the lawsuit-happy tendencies of our society.

When I tested it with my Nova I used the full choke that isn' t made for steel shot but I tried it anyway. Worked well and no damage to the gun, choke, or threads.

:D

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Yeah PowDuck, I talked with Nitro and they told me that none of their Hevi-shot would hurt your barrel or choke in any way. I think Remington is just being overly causious and maybe trying to sell everyone a new choke. I don' t know if they have even tested the Ventilator choke but they said I should expect about the same results with it as I would a Rhino. I know their ammo shoots the tightest pattern that I have ever got.

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Well, I did some testing this weekend with the ventilator, and wasen' t really pleased with the results. I fired probably half a dozen different loads of #5' s through it, and it wasen' t as good as my Tru-Glo with the same loads. I haven' t shot any #6' s yet, only 1 5/8 #6 rem. hevi-shot., which is my " go to" load (w/ tru-glo) if nothing else steps up and does better. I will say that the weather this past saturday in sw pa was rather crummy for patterning, with very high winds, so I kept my shots at 30 yds. This weekend I plan on giving the borrowed ventilator a few more rounds with some copper 6' s, and also trying to find a factory full choke to try the hevi stuff with. For some odd reason(cooler weather??) the hevi shot did a lot better this weekend than last, averaging 18-24 pellets in head/neck primos target(40 yds. when winds calmed), instead of the aforemention " 6" that I stated in my first post on this thread. Hence, my go-to load.....unless bested by something else. I' m also considering giving Nitro a call(economy load, anyone?), waaay to many good remarks on here to not try that stuff!! Yes, guys, I' m a tinkerer, and suffereing from severe cabin fever from a long pa winter, so I' m still shootin' !

Mikey

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Have you tried the hevishot through your regular full choke? I found the pattern sufficient out to 40 yards in my Benelli M1 90. I am not overly concerned about super tight patterns, as most of my birds have fallen at around twenty yards. I believe the hevishot acts like steel, in that in a very tight choke the pattern compresses and thenreoils from the comprssion and spreads the pattern apart.