Need advice

[mrclif]

Got a new turkey getter for this year, need a good starting point. Its a M2 Benelli with short barrell think its 22" if I remember right. Probably going to shoot HS 3" 2oz #7,#6 or the blends. Which choke and constriction would be a good start.
Thanks in advance,Mitch

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

Probably a choke withe a .655 exit diameter would just be about perfect.  Let me check gunbroker and see if I can find you a few good deals.

[SumToy]

You shoot the 7's you can choke smaller go 645 to 650. Now 6's go with the 655 like Brad said.   Now have had some that show out with the 670 rang also.   

[decoykrvr]

There are a bunch of good tubes made for the Benelli, but the nominal bore diameter of the guns can make them finicky.  I've played w/ an Indian Creek, Mad, Pure Gold, Gobblin Thunder, Briley, Truglo Strut Stopper and Carlson's in .650-.665.  You would probably be better off with a tighter choke if all you plan to shoot is EM straight 6's or 7's, but need to look at something a little more open w/ the MagBlends.  The Indian Creek is .665 and works well w/ the EM MagBlends.  Contact SumToy on this site.

[mrclif]

Thanks guys, I think this is labeled as a Crio Plus choke system. Right or wrong? Probably going to go with Sumtoy or a Jeb's Head hunter,anybody played with one of them yet.
Wanted to hand roll some TSS this year but I think I'm going to have to wait till I hit on the lottery. By the time I get the equipment and shot I'll have a wad of$$$ tied up.
Shot nitros for a few years and some pressure issues with em so I'm going to ver away from them. EM has been pretty good from the get go.

[vaturkey]

  mrclif

  Here's a pattern from my Benelli SBE2. Same barrel as yours. All the info is written on the pattern.  Good Luck !

   vaturkey   

[allaboutshooting]

Hey Mitch,

In years past, I've found that chokes with exit diameters of .640 to .655 work best in all of my Benelli shotguns. I've been shooting those guns since 1991, first with lead and now with tungsten-based shot, Hevi-13 these days.

I began shooting Wright's Limited Production turkey chokes (.650), then when the SSX (.643) was introduced I started shooting that one a lot. A couple others that have show great results for me and others I've seen shoot are the Hevi-13 (.656) chokes and the new Jeb's chokes (.650).

Whatever choke you choose, I really recommend that you "deep clean" the bore. It will help regardless. Best of luck to you with your new gun.

Thanks,
Clark

[BOFF]

Here's a link to my patterns from the M2 with the 18.5" barrel.


http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,177.0.html


God Bless,
David B.