Does anyone here use a flush mount turkey choke? I prefer to keep the choke in the barrel and wanted to know what size to get for my 870 12ga.
Most folks use aftermarket extended turkey chokes. Do you know what shells you plan to use, what payload and shot size?
Most likely going to use the Hevishot magblends 3".
Save your money and get some Longbeards, magblends are fine though. Get yourself a Jellyhead .660 or .665 and you should be set.
How old is the gun? In the older 870 3" guns (2009 and older), the .660 Jelly Head is hard to beat.
You would be better off with an aftermarket "extended" choke tube just due to the fact that they come with a much longer and tapered choke constriction which enables them to produce better patterns vs the stock flush chokes that come with your gun. Shorter vs longer. :z-twocents:
My gun is brand new. I really don't want a really tight pattern because most birds I hunt are in really thick stuff. I Called one in for my dad last year and he shot it when we saw it at 21 yards. I have never shot one over 25 yards but have had a chance at one but he was on a path at about 60. I don't like to shoot that far. I just want a nice even pattern out to about 40 yards. My stock modified will get me to 30 but falls off after that. I was thinking that maybe a .690 or .680 would get me where I want to be.
Quote from: Gtown78 on March 18, 2016, 06:20:53 PM
My gun is brand new. I really don't want a really tight pattern because most birds I hunt are in really thick stuff. I Called one in for my dad last year and he shot it when we saw it at 21 yards. I have never shot one over 25 yards but have had a chance at one but he was on a path at about 60. I don't like to shoot that far. I just want a nice even pattern out to about 40 yards. My stock modified will get me to 30 but falls off after that. I was thinking that maybe a .690 or .680 would get me where I want to be.
Get with William at Sumtoy and he will be able to tell you what will fit the bill for those close up shots in that specific gun. .680 and above is going to be pushing it if you still want to be very effective at 40 with that gun. I'm doing the same as you are this year, hunting lots of thickets and over growth around pine cuts. I've opted to open up mine to a .685 and running LB 4's, but this is in a Moss 835.
Federal Flite Control loads do pretty well with flush chokes. The get some hate on here, but the only problem I ever had from them was when it was really windy.
If you keep you're shots under 35yds you would be fine with a factory full choke, you may try the 3rd degree shells, there supposed to be good up close, and at 40 yds.
QuoteDoes anyone here use a flush mount turkey choke? I prefer to keep the choke in the barrel and wanted to know what size to get for my 870 12ga.
Remington provided a flush mount turkey choke with one model of their 870s many years ago. It was a surprisingly good choke. The gun had a 21" barrel and the receiver was engraved with the NWTF logo at the time. I still have that gun and I'm sure I have the choke somewhere. I'll take a look and see if I can find i
QuoteMy gun is brand new. I really don't want a really tight pattern because most birds I hunt are in really thick stuff. I Called one in for my dad last year and he shot it when we saw it at 21 yards. I have never shot one over 25 yards but have had a chance at one but he was on a path at about 60. I don't like to shoot that far. I just want a nice even pattern out to about 40 yards. My stock modified will get me to 30 but falls off after that. I was thinking that maybe a .690 or .680 would get me where I want to be.
Like most things having to do with chokes, it's more about the internal geometry and not just the exit diameter. Early extended chokes were much shorter than most are today and had much shorter parallel sections. They also had, for the most part, much more open exit diameters. Those factors led to more open patterns than we see with most extended chokes today, especially with the ammunition that was available then.
A few weeks ago, I ran across a number of 1st generation Wright's chokes, in Rem-Choke and Mobil-Choke that have .680 exit diameters and about 3/4" parallel sections.With modern shells, one of those might do the job you want as well.
I'll take a look, see what I can find, and let you know.
Thanks,
Clark