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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: Rem Man on April 25, 2014, 09:34:35 AM

Title: Old School 1187 choke and shell opinion?
Post by: Rem Man on April 25, 2014, 09:34:35 AM
       Hello guys decided to take my old school greenleaf 1187 21 inch barrell for the opener next week. I was wondering what combo has worked? Thanks!

I got lead and hev 13 stocked up and some good chokes just looking for a starting point! I also scoped it with a nikon monarch! And b square.
Title: Re: Old School 1187 choke and shell opinion?
Post by: Grunt-N-Gobble on April 25, 2014, 10:29:59 AM
What chokes do you have?  Which lead shells?  I'm partial to Hevi myself.
Title: Re: Old School 1187 choke and shell opinion?
Post by: Rem Man on April 25, 2014, 10:58:22 AM
Jellyhead .660 and .665.   Sumtoy .665.  Indian creek .665.    I have no 6 turkey thug,  mag blends  and hev i no 6 and 7
Title: Re: Old School 1187 choke and shell opinion?
Post by: Ridge Rooster on April 25, 2014, 11:45:07 AM
Had luck with Rhino .660 and Mag Blends!

Good Luck

Ridge Rooster
Title: Re: Old School 1187 choke and shell opinion?
Post by: R AJ on April 25, 2014, 12:17:42 PM
Whatever you decide on be sure to have it sighted in before shooting using a high brass shell at 25 yards to adjust and then try at 40 yards or so.

A hevi #6 may shoot one way through one choke and completely different POI using another choke.
Title: Re: Old School 1187 choke and shell opinion?
Post by: Grunt-N-Gobble on April 25, 2014, 12:26:33 PM
Those are all good chokes.  I like Sumtoy chokes myself and have 2 of them.

Shoot a shell through each choke and see which gives you the pattern you're looking for.  My guess is you'll have a denser 10" core with the mag blends and straight Hevi 7's no matter which choke you use.
Title: Re: Old School 1187 choke and shell opinion?
Post by: budtripp on April 26, 2014, 06:00:40 AM
Quote from: RAJ on April 25, 2014, 12:17:42 PM
Whatever you decide on be sure to have it sighted in before shooting using a high brass shell at 25 yards to adjust and then try at 40 yards or so.

A hevi #6 may shoot one way through one choke and completely different POI using another choke.

this here^^^. I adjusted my sights on my 870 with dove loads then fine tuned them with 3.5in win lead. Go to try some hevi and half the pattern is off the paper. Every load has a mind of its own