870 youth choke/load combo ?

[bgbuck153]

I ordered the 870 youth for my daughter and I'm looking for a good choke/load combo with heavy 6's or 7's ? The gun store where I ordered it has a rem superfull for 19.99 .

[southernfly]

I just set one up for my friends son. Shooting hvy 13 #7's i shot the rem super full first. 25 yd  Pattern was great but TIGHT...too tight for a youngster. Switched to modified that came with gun and was shocked at the pattern....excellent. Still a killer at longer ranges but open enough to allow for aiming errors at closer ranges. If you intend to have her shoot 30 yds and in as we do you may want to try your modified

[bgbuck153]

Did you shoot the heavy 13 out of a factory rem super full ?

[sugarray]

I have an 870 youth with a 21" barrel.  Here are my patterns from last year.  One is with the Rem SF .570 and the other is a Hastings .562

Hastings .562, 1st 3 are Fed HW 1.5 oz #7



2nd 3 are Hevi 1.25 oz of #7




Rem SF
Hevi 1.25 oz #7

Fed HW 1.5 oz #7

[southernfly]

yes I did. was very tight...in my opinion too tight for a youngster and unnecessary at 25-30 yds and even a little further. I want some room for error when the kid gets excited, jerks the trigger, shoots at a moving turkey, etc. all things that can happen. With the superfull at 25 yds it seemed like every pellet was in a 10 in circle. May not have been that bad, but was bad enough. I didnt shoot it at 40 yards with the modified.  Every gun can be different so give yours a try. Id bet yours with a modified will be good to go at 30 yds or less too...good luck. Oh yeah,  I did deep clean the barrel as per instructions on this site also

[turkey4090]

Have had excellent luck with 870 youth model 18" barrel.  Jelly head choke tube and Hevi shot 6.  Patterns are not overly tight.  Both of my boys have killed several turkeys with this setup.  All have been at 35 yards or less....

[dpittman]

My theory is this. I like to have a tight pattern for the kids so they either miss clean or really whack them. I do not fringe hits with the low velocity /low recoil shells. They will miss some but I think it is agood lesson to learn early. My son missed a big gobbler 2 years ago and all he said was "We'll get another one". The key is to have the little ones shoot a lot.

[bsci21]

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