mostly shooting 3.5 MB's and LB #4's/5's
I have a SX3 I shoot 3" and 3.5" Winchester Supreme HV #5's, and Winchester Longbeard XR 3.5 #5's, I use the .655 Briley straight rifled choke that is ported. I was told after I bought it by briley that the Porting does not pattern any different than the unported chokes. They just reduce recoil a little bit they say. With the supreme loads I get extremely good pattern out to 40 yards, could probably shoot farther but I have never tried patterning my guns beyond 40 yards. Shooting the longbeards in the .665 choke they are so tight for me to hunt with them I would have to use a little more open choke. These are the only choke and shell combinations I have tried, tickeled pink. The SX3 Came with a briley .650 or a .655, as tight as the patterns were for the .665 I won't try shooting the .650 or .665, if I ever go to #6's I will try them. Never shot #4's, Good Luck.
We have always put something in the 675 range. :anim_25:
thanks for the replys!
Winchester/Browning recommends a .640 in the Invector+ barrels. Their Full Strut choke, with a .640 e.d. is a very good one. I use the SSX with a .643 e.d. and have excellent results as well.
It's roughly the equivalent of what we use in a Mossberg 835, .100 constriction, from .770 to .670 and it works very well.
I've been shooting the SX3 for years along with other Invector+ barrelled guns and it just works.
Thanks,
Clark
.670 .675 .680. Longboards will still be pretty tight at 680.