What kind of shell/choke combo are you using and what are the numbers you are getting?
I am shooting a 3" chamber 870 28" polished barrel I did myself. I shoot the older Hevi-13 3" 2oz 7's and a MAD Super Max .675 choke and light it up with these shells. I'll show you.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/526/medium/DSCF0085_Large_.jpg
Here's the front of that pattern above.
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And here's the turkey target I had taped to the center of that cardboard above.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/526/medium/DSCF0082_Medium_.jpg
I may try 6s and 7s through my PG before I go and do anything else. I think I also have a tightwad and a JH I can try also.
Thanks!
Quote from: C J Stahly on February 25, 2014, 09:27:09 PM
I may try 6s and 7s through my PG before I go and do anything else. I think I also have a tightwad and a JH I can try also.
Thanks!
The Pure Gold .670 I have one of them too. It does very well indeed. A lot of folks have good luck with the Jelly Head .660 choke. My barrel didn't like either Jelly Head. I tried them both with the 7's. About 200 in the 10" was the best they could do.
I had a Indian Creek .669 choke that did well, too with the 7's.
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Here's a target with the Pure Gold and the 7's at 40yds.
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Pure Gold .670 10" with the Hevi-13 3" 2oz #7's
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Here's another choke I would highly recommend with the 7's in a 28" barrel 870.
Rem Ventilator .655
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If your interested, I can give you link to buy one for $25 shipped to your door.
http://www.gunpartscorp.com/ad/956890.htm
This is where I got mine............Rem Vent .655
Quote from: mtaylor200 on February 25, 2014, 10:25:33 PM
http://www.gunpartscorp.com/ad/956890.htm
This is where I got mine............Rem Vent .655
I wonder where you got that link from. LOL!
you like that huh lol........that choke is loooong haha.
I use a 3" 870 with a 28" Barrel. I've gotten my best Lead & HTL patterns using an Indian Creek .665 choke.
There have been many different chokes which have achieved successful results in 870's on Old Gobbler. Chiefly, these appear to have been:
Indian Creek .665
Pure Gold .670
Gobblin' Thunder .655 and sometimes .660 or .665
Jelly Head .660 and sometimes .665
Rhino .660
SumToy .650-.670
Ventilator .655
Shell Shucker,
I'm guessing that If you could only buy one of the chokes you listed it would be the Indian Creek? I have a Truglo TG170X .665 and it doesn't seem to give me very good patterns. I have bought a Jelly Head Maximum .660 and an Undertaker .665 (Says lead only but I've heard you can shoot Hevi also). I haven't had a chance to try them yet though.
I've had good luck with my setup.
3" 870 w/28" barrel
Undertaker .665
3" longbeards #6
214 in a 10" circle @ 40 yds
Also killed a bird last weekend at 56 yds.
I have the 28" barrel 870 SM and use a Jellyhead .665. With Longbeard #4's at 40 I got 151, Longbeard 5's I got 172, and with hevi shot #6 I got 170. I recently picked up some of the old Remington Hevi Shot #6 1 7/8 ounce and it puts a similar pattern to the hevi 6's, just a bit better and holds together further. I also have had very similar results to all with the undertaker .675 and TruGlo Gobble Stopper .665. The Longbeard 4's are my go to for open fields/plots. In the woods I am running the Remington Hevi #6's backed up by the Longbeard #4's. Those Longbeards are putting up insane numbers with a ton of chokes and are holding their pattern very well. My brother shot one at 30 and dad at 40 with the Longbeard #5's and thought they both shot low (beard height on the side) they had many pellets that were complete pass throughs. Did I mention that they are cheap?! With that said, I love the old Remington #6's. I have killed more birds with that shell than any other. I bought them because I haven't had a shot yet and needed some old school luck ha ha.
I also use a .665 jellyhead with my 870 28" barrel SM. I don't do the 10" circle thing. I use turkey head targets. With longbeard 3" #6s I have gotten as many as 83 shot in the kill zone at 40yards and with 3" #5s I've gotten as many as 56 shot in the kill zone
Jellyhead .665
3.5" MagBlends
My 28" 870 SM with a .665 Jellyhead has put 323 in a 10" circle at 40 with 3.5" 2.25 oz. hevi #7, it will also put up 116 in 10" at 40 with the old 3.5" 1 7/8 oz. Remington #4 hevi shot. I have approximately 60 of these old Remington loads still. Lots of energy in a #4 hevi. I have not tried any new longbeards since I have a stockpile of #4, #6 and #7 hevi right now.
I have tried a dozen. The winners are Indian Creek & Rem Ventilator, good luck to ya.
Quote from: Miburmanelly on April 18, 2014, 01:45:42 PM
I have tried a dozen. The winners are Indian Creek & Rem Ventilator, good luck to ya.
Where can you get the Remington Ventilator? Seems like everyone that has one loves it. Is there an equivalent to the ventilator?
I am pretty sure it has been a dis-continues item for some time, however...you can sometimes find one in ebay.
I've used an 870SM with a 28" barrel for years.
I've put several in the freezer with it, using the Remington Nitro Turkey 3½" shells and what looks like an older Primos TiteWad choke (the printing is worn off of it, I can't remember what the heck it is). I don't make shots on them over 30 yards (if I can't call these Rio's in closer than that, I need to quit). Where I hunt, the cover is extremely heavy, and often the shots are 10 yards or less.
As soon as turkey season is over, the 18.5" barrel goes on the shotgun, and it is stuffed full of #00 buckshot as a backup pig gun, and spends most of its time riding on the quad at the ranch.
*disclaimer*
I'm entirely too lazy to fret over how many pellets are in a certain area, so long as my bird falls over dead. So I have no real input on that.