For you guys with SBE II's what constriction are you having the best luck with? I see the standard in .665 listed on the sight, and it says "others availible". I assume they offer a .660 as well? What is working the best for you guys that have tried the different ones. I'll be shooting mostly hevi 13 in 6's and 7's, and maybe some lead in 6's at some point. No lead in the near future though, as I have a good stock of the HTL for now.
Quote from: Borden811 on March 06, 2012, 04:19:32 PM
For you guys with SBE II's what constriction are you having the best luck with? I see the standard in .665 listed on the sight, and it says "others availible". I assume they offer a .660 as well? What is working the best for you guys that have tried the different ones. I'll be shooting mostly hevi 13 in 6's and 7's, and maybe some lead in 6's at some point. No lead in the near future though, as I have a good stock of the HTL for now.
In my experience, as a general guideline, chokes from .640 to .656 seem to do best with most shells.
Thanks,
Clark
Clark, I have a Jelly Head in .660, that has put over 300 in 10 at 40, with the hevi 7's in the good lot, and 240 with the 6's. I was hoping to possibly improve on that with the IC, since I hear so many good things about them. Do you have any experience specifically with the IC chokes, and a the SBE II? I know you shoot a lot of benellis, and a lot of chokes. Any info would be GREATLY appreciated!
Quote from: Borden811 on March 06, 2012, 05:24:08 PM
Clark, I have a Jelly Head in .660, that has put over 300 in 10 at 40, with the hevi 7's in the good lot, and 240 with the 6's. I was hoping to possibly improve on that with the IC, since I hear so many good things about them. Do you have any experience specifically with the IC chokes, and a the SBE II? I know you shoot a lot of benellis, and a lot of chokes. Any info would be GREATLY appreciated!
Borden811
If you're gettin over 300 with hevi 7's & 240 with 6's im not so sure your gonna get much better results. JMO
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Quote from: Borden811 on March 06, 2012, 05:24:08 PM
Clark, I have a Jelly Head in .660, that has put over 300 in 10 at 40, with the hevi 7's in the good lot, and 240 with the 6's. I was hoping to possibly improve on that with the IC, since I hear so many good things about them. Do you have any experience specifically with the IC chokes, and a the SBE II? I know you shoot a lot of benellis, and a lot of chokes. Any info would be GREATLY appreciated!
I do shoot a number of Benelli shotguns and I'd have to say that's really top performance with your Jelly Head, both with the #6 and #7 shot.
Unless there's something about those patterns that the numbers don't reveal, I don't know that I'd change a thing.
I don't see anything better than that.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
Thanks,
Clark
I know, I kind of thought the same thing. But then in most of the posts I see where the IC is shot along side the JH, the IC does better. So, I was contemplating trying one, and then I ran across a great deal on one. It's on the way, but I noticed it was more open than my JH, and thought maybe I should have gotten one with a tighter constriction. I have pics of my previous patterns mentioned above on the pattern pic page, unde the SBE II and Hevi 13 6's and 7's thread. I'm more than happy with what I'm getting now, but I guess there's always that chance for improvement. I think I have a disease!
Quote from: Borden811 on March 06, 2012, 05:24:08 PM
Clark, I have a Jelly Head in .660, that has put over 300 in 10 at 40, with the hevi 7's in the good lot, and 240 with the 6's. I was hoping to possibly improve on that with the IC, since I hear so many good things about them. Do you have any experience specifically with the IC chokes, and a the SBE II? I know you shoot a lot of benellis, and a lot of chokes. Any info would be GREATLY appreciated!
If you got 240 with the 6's then I wouldnt touch a thing....
I shoot a SBE2. .640 Final strutt, J.H..660 , and I.C..665
Have shot Hevi 7s and 6s. You have squeezed about all u can out of those loads. My best results were from the .640 with 7s and .660 with 6s. I would recommend you shoot 3 of each and average the numbers. I have seen large (50+ pellets) differences in 10" numbers out of the same box.
Quote from: Borden811 on March 06, 2012, 05:24:08 PM
Clark, I have a Jelly Head in .660, that has put over 300 in 10 at 40, with the hevi 7's in the good lot, and 240 with the 6's. I was hoping to possibly improve on that with the IC, since I hear so many good things about them. Do you have any experience specifically with the IC chokes, and a the SBE II? I know you shoot a lot of benellis, and a lot of chokes. Any info would be GREATLY appreciated!
New here and do not have the experience that most on here have, but I have been patterning a sbe 2 with 24 inch barrel and the Indian Creek (665) patterned best with this gun. I also used a Jellyhead (660). They both patterned well with the Hevi 6's and 7's. 7's shot the best with the Indian Creek choke. From my limited experience and from what I have read on here you have a great shooting gun.
I have an SBII with a 26" barr. and a JH.660. From my experience, youre not gonna get much better. I will say that the Mag Blends do very welll out of that set up as well.
If my SBEII got those kinda numbers "patterns" I would not even bother with any thing else... BUT my SBEII has never put up big numbers, with the larger 3.5" and 2.25oz load's it patterns like most 3" gun. And yes i have tried 3" 2oz and 1 3/4 oz loads loads of everything out there and it's even worse with them.