choke suggestions for TSS 8 & 9s

[kevind]

Hey guys...trying to save some money and figure out what the best choke combos are for the tightest patterns possible in TSS 8s & 9s...please list your gun and choke name & constriction.  Thanks for the help! 

[honker22]

Rem 870, 21" bbl, shooting TSS 9s and 98s:
IC .675 non ported, no wad catchers or Rem SF... pretty much patterned the same, over 300 in the 10 and 20" circles

[kevind]

thanks for the reply....I am shooting a Browning BPS 28 inch barrel.  I hear that a .665-.670 is too tight.  Is it better to go without a ported choke with the TPS wad or does it matter?  I hear that some chokes with ports will hang some of the wad shooting the 18 g/cc shot???  What's yall's opinion?  Is a Jelly Head .670 dangerously tight or just blows the pattern?  Thanks....

[honker22]

Personally, I've had better results out of a non ported choke and I use the TPS wad. I also have a Win 1300 using a non ported choke, I think it is a .680.

The TSS, especially the 9s tend to do well in more open chokes. The .665 is the standard for most HTL shot in a Remmy but I went with the .675 for the TSS after testing a few constructions.

[sugarray]

Seems like about 92% of bore. 

I shoot MB 835 with and IC .710, and going to have a PG .720 made.

[kevind]

do ports matter with the 18g/cc and tps wad?

[sugarray]

Doesn't seem to.  My IC does not have wad catchers, just porting.  My wads have always looked like you could shoot them again, too.

[Grunt-N-Gobble]

One of the other members here, whos hunting in Nebraska right now has the same gun as yours and was getting high #'s with a .680 Sumtoy choke (nonported) using TPS wads.

But I don't think he was loading TSS 8's or 9's.  Maybe 9's, but in a duplex I think.

Anyways......if you want to see his patterns, look in this section for a thread started by "rtsj".  He's got several pattern pics posted.

[kevind]

Thanks for the help!  I will search for it....not familiar with the company Sumtoy but I am sure its good!

[n2deer]

I use a non ported Carlson. 680 in my citori.

Get around 270s the with the 8s. I would look in that constriction. Good for a 30 dollar choke.

I started with a .665 pure gold then a .670 pure gold and then the. 680 mentioned.

Numbers went up every time I opened it up. Never shot the nines on paper.

[kevind]

Thanks for the help...any suggestions for tightest patterns with the 9s in a Benelli?