Patterned my gun today. Shooting an 835 with 20 inch barrel with Hevi 7 3 1/2 inch and got 207 shot in a 10 inch circle at 40 yards. (deep cleaned and polished my bore and swabed between shots).
What do you think?
What choke and E.D. ?
Indian Creek 675
no question it will kill a turkey :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
207 Will get it done. but i would think you would get higher #'s with that load. are you sure that you picked the dences part of the pattern to draw your circle around??
i got 270 with the same load and a .670PG
numbers seem kinda of low for that load, but over 200 will get the job done everytine as long as there is no holes in the pattern.
It will hunt no problem, but I also thought the numbers sounded a little low for that choke and gun.
Not to make you mad, but just fyi I would think you could get a lot better. We are getting fairly close to those numbers out of some 20 gauges.
you might want to try a choke thats a little tighter it you want ,but if you are satisfied with it go hunting it WILL get the job done :anim_25:
Yeah I thought it may be a little low to. I wonder if my short barrel could be the reason? Anyone shoot a 20 inch barrel????
Quote from: talltines on March 13, 2011, 10:05:18 AM
Yeah I thought it may be a little low to. I wonder if my short barrel could be the reason? Anyone shoot a 20 inch barrel????
i have seen some fantastic #'s from the 20" and even 18" barrels.
you may need to play with it a little to find the choke that it likes. the .670 seems to be the choke of choice in almost all 835's
Give indan creek a call and see if they will help you out.
that will kill for sure.
Does Indian Creek make a 670 constriction for an 835?
With that short of a barrel you might try a .665 E.D. just for the heck of it.!
i've seen some good numbers with the .670 PG and SSX chokes.
Does Indian Creek make a 670 turkey choke and I wonder if they will trade? If not where can I get the best deal on a Pure Gold to try? Anyone have one laying around????