I planned on picking up an indian creek .665 for my Remington 11-87 (special purpose turkey/3 inch 21 inch barrel). At the time they were out of stock and I ended up putting it off etc. etc..............anyway, long story short. What I have is the tightwad .660 that came with the gun (that I bought used) I was pretty impressed by the patterns I was getting out of it so I figured I'd leave well enough alone. I also have an extra full rem choke that came with an 870. I read it is a .687??
I have been reading on misses with a tight choke at close ranges and this has me to thinking, turkey season here in Ar. opens on the 19th, everything is green and leafing out. I'm going to be hunting in mountains/hardwoods and I'm going to be lucky to get any shots over 20 yards. Is .660 too tight for 20 or less and should I consider the extra full .687 under my conditions? (Using #6 longbeards 3 inch.) Last year when I took my son on the youth hunt, he got his gobbler at about 15 yards using my old 870 fixed full choke.
Anyway, while not new to hunting, I am new to turkey hunting so go easy on me. Season starts Monday and I'm going to get to camp on Saturday and do a little more patterning at close ranges since I patterned it in before at longer ranges. Thanks.
