New choke tune in SBEII - Great results
03-16-2018, 12:02 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waipahu HI USA
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New choke tune in SBEII - Great results
Last spring, I took a friend on his first spring hunt. He was interested in getting a SBE, so I brought my SBE II as a loaner. I only had a full choke for it, but with Win. XR shells, it worked.
Later, I picked up a Carlson's choke tube for my Benelli.
Two weeks ago, we tested it before our trip. With 3" Win XR #5....DANG! At 50yds, it spit some mean metal down range.
I'm a big fan of the hevi stuff, but don't like the cost. These days my kool-aid is flavored with Longbeard XR these days.
Do any of you guys shooting Win Longbeard XR have a choke tube that worked well in your gun?
Later, I picked up a Carlson's choke tube for my Benelli.
Two weeks ago, we tested it before our trip. With 3" Win XR #5....DANG! At 50yds, it spit some mean metal down range.
I'm a big fan of the hevi stuff, but don't like the cost. These days my kool-aid is flavored with Longbeard XR these days.
Do any of you guys shooting Win Longbeard XR have a choke tube that worked well in your gun?
Last edited by JoeA; 03-16-2018 at 03:20 PM.
03-17-2018, 05:45 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: mcdonough ga
Posts: 147
i'm pretty happy w/carlson .660 in rem 1187 26" -12 , @ 40 yds i'd say 90% was in a 14" circle .. no exaggeration .. i have no need to,, that is w/ the win longbeard 3" # 5's.. i honestly think there is something to that process in the LB XR
03-19-2018, 07:36 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 1,906
I've tried 6+ after-market chokes in my Ithaca. The best patterns I can get are with the Carlson tubes, either the X-full (that came with the gun) or with the Carlson LongBeard XR (.660).
I have not tried an Indian Creek, and probably won't unless I can find one on clearance somewhere. I'm killing birds with the LB choke at 50+ yards in open fields, I can't see needing better...
I have not tried an Indian Creek, and probably won't unless I can find one on clearance somewhere. I'm killing birds with the LB choke at 50+ yards in open fields, I can't see needing better...
03-21-2018, 09:03 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Southern TN
Posts: 1,018
I recommend Sumtoy Custom Chokes. I have tried them in multiple guns, and they have consistently given me my best patterns, regardless of ammo used. Super nice guy, to boot, that William. Give him a look. Call him up and he will help you out.
04-11-2018, 01:29 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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I just got home from a quick trip to Oregon, work and family. The Tualatin Cabelas hit me in the wallet! but it's a good pain 
I grabbed a Carlson's XR choke tube for my Win 1300. And 5 boxes of Win Longbeard XR on sale, so I'm set for a while. Hopefully, I get patterns similar to my Benelli.
I grabbed a Carlson's XR choke tube for my Win 1300. And 5 boxes of Win Longbeard XR on sale, so I'm set for a while. Hopefully, I get patterns similar to my Benelli.
04-11-2018, 03:04 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: SE WI
Posts: 11
I've tried 6+ after-market chokes in my Ithaca. The best patterns I can get are with the Carlson tubes, either the X-full (that came with the gun) or with the Carlson LongBeard XR (.660).
I have not tried an Indian Creek, and probably won't unless I can find one on clearance somewhere. I'm killing birds with the LB choke at 50+ yards in open fields, I can't see needing better...
I have not tried an Indian Creek, and probably won't unless I can find one on clearance somewhere. I'm killing birds with the LB choke at 50+ yards in open fields, I can't see needing better...
04-12-2018, 03:52 AM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 87
Funny how guns have their own personality when it comes to loak/choke combo. I spent hundreds, and I mean hundreds, of $ chasing the pattern game a few years ago and really enjoyed the whole process (except the prices of course). Interesting enough, out of a new 1300 and new Remy latest/greatest, nothing held a candle to my 40 year old Winchester Ranger pump with Indian Creek and Hevi.
04-12-2018, 05:45 AM
#9
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,150
I have an older SBE and sent it to Ballistic Specialties for some smithing and had them make me a .660 custom turkey choke. At 40 yards with hevi shot mag blend I get a very impressive pattern almost all inside a 14" circle. Would still be good at 60 but that is beyond where I would shoot.
