Just picked up Weatherby SA459 today and am planning on shooting Federal TSS #9 shells. I've read a lot of good reviews on the Sumtoy and IC chokes, along with the Carleson.
Based on gun/ammo above, which choke to go with?
Thanks for your help!
Flip a coin. Probably not going to be a big difference between the 3 of them.
Was looking at getting a Weatherby myself. They are weird with choke compatibility.
The standard sa-459 uses a Beretta/Benelli Mobil Choke pattern.
The "Turkey Xtra Green" sa-459 uses a win choke pattern.
Not sure why they do this.
Make sure you get the right one.
I hunt with the 459 a good bit. It really depends how tight of a core you want. The IC and ST will provide very hot cores, such as 350ish+ in the 10 with fairly thin 10-20 counts. The factory choke in mine did just over 300 with 200-230 in the 10-20. The Carlson .575 is about the same as the factory choke. The cheap Primos TW .570 does fairly well and is a bit tighter than the stock choke.
I have the SA 459 with the win, inv, Mossberg thread pattern. I have a Down-N-Dirty Haymaker( was made by Indian Creek) .560 and an IC BDS in .555. Both have hot cores and are very tight at 40 with the Federal TSS 9's. I also tried a Carlson Long Beard choke(.568 I believe) with the pattern opening up to a more forgiving spread marginally. I hunted with the IC.
PS...I never counted numbers, but each one was beyond awesome and effective. My buddy has the Sumtoy .562-5 that was wicked good. The constrictions ranging from .555-562 showed very little difference. In my testing, the .575 range was when I saw less of the hot core(naturally) and more of the evenness of a spread out 20" numbers. I'm a fan of the hot core pattern personally.
Thanks for the information; probably going to get either the IC or Sumtoy in .562 at the NWTF show if the sell them.
Quote from: SOCOM304 on January 30, 2020, 06:52:15 PM
I have the SA 459 with the win, inv, Mossberg thread pattern. I have a Down-N-Dirty Haymaker( was made by Indian Creek) .560 and an IC BDS in .555. Both have hot cores and are very tight at 40 with the Federal TSS 9's. I also tried a Carlson Long Beard choke(.568 I believe) with the pattern opening up to a more forgiving spread marginally. I hunted with the IC.
If you ever get the urge to part with that haymaker, give me a call.
I have a Carlson 575 I'd take $25 TYD.. it's the win, browning, Moss, threads