Been a couple of years since I have been hunting and came across a like new Camo 870 Super Mag with a 26 inch barrel. This will be a bird gun that I will do some upland hunting with but it has me eager to get out and hunt for the Turkeys I saw during deer season. A few years back I recall the advice being the Primos Jellyhead and HS. Undertaker for inexpensive but good options.
This still ring true? I will be using the left over longbeard 3" loads I have from a couple of years ago.
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The jellyhead seems to work better for me with my LB 3x6's, but do try both of them! :camohat:
Mine did good with JH never tried the other
I think Jellyheads were made for 870s.
I use a jelly head choke in my mossberg 835. Shoots longbeard #6 great. However I just bought a carlson's longbeard xr for my 870 20 gauge and I'm amazed with this combo. It increased by 3 times the number of hits in the head and neck.
I have the original Jelly head choke tube in .660 & .665. The patterns are pretty much the same out of my 870 Special Purpose Mag. I also have the H.S. Undertaker(.665), but don't remember how it patterned. Right now I'm using a Carlson .670 non-ported tube(about $35) & shooting Longbeard 5's. They were way to tight for me at 15 yards with either of the Jelly head chokes....pattern is about the size of a baseball. Using the .670 it is about the size of a cantaloupe. The 40 yard pattern is still a very solid hunting pattern. I have not tried the new Jelly Head Max tube. It is designed a little different than the originals. Here is a post from Clark...allaboutshooting here on OG, from about a year ago:
"The major difference is in the "internal geometry" of the choke tube. It is still a conical/parallel design but hey lengthened both the taper and the parallel sections. The ports are a bit longer and thinner and they eliminated the knurling at the muzzle. They coated it with a very tough material to prevent rust. All in all it's a more finely made choke than the original
I suspect that the "Black T" coating requires more break-in time than the original blued choke and that may account for folks not having the results they expected.
I hope that helps some.
Thanks,
Clark"
Here is thread from a few weeks ago about the new Jelly Head Max: http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,96562.msg949182.html#msg949182