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Author Topic: Remington long vs short barrel pattern?  (Read 3105 times)

Offline jims

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Remington long vs short barrel pattern?
« on: May 27, 2018, 11:35:08 AM »
Curious if anyone has compared patterns of Remington 870 with 28" barrel vs 21 or 23" super mags at 50ish yards?

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Re: Remington long vs short barrel pattern?
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2018, 10:54:09 AM »
I had a 28" barreled 870 back in the day, and ran an old school .660 jellyhead choke with Remington Wingmaster HDs #6...I now run a 23" 870 with a .660 Sumtoy and Magblends. Patterns are a little better out of my current set up. I don't think you'd be disappointed in going to a shorter barrel.