Quote from: turkeystrut on May 01, 2013, 08:50:38 PM
Hey Guys,I know this been talk about a lot, but I just want to purchase one choke.I have an Moss. 835 ulti mag with an 24 in. barrel.It is about 12 years old . I shoot the 3 1/2 no. 5 win. ext. range shells in it .I may shoot the no.6 with the new choke.I have heard a lot about the INDIAN CREEK ,T G SSX ,PURE GOLD AND THE STAR DOT CHOKE.If you was going to buy just one choke,which one and why?
A number of shooters/hunters have chokes that have worked well for them in their guns and that is what they will recommend. I try to shoot them all and believe that I have, at least the available commercially made ones, in the exit diameters offered for sale to the general public.
The best thing that I've found that you can do, easily and inexpensively, to improve the performance of your 835 is to "deep clean" the bore. It will allow you to remove any gunk that may have accumulated there (it even helps new guns out of the box) and allow you to really examine the condition of the barrel.
If I had to purchase one choke for your gun, it would be the SSX. It has unique internal geometry that just works very well with that gun to deliver dense/even patterns consistently. Like most chokes, it does better with #6 shot than with #5 but the #5s will work just fine.
I hope that helps.
Thanks,
Clark
P.S. If you're not familiar with the "deep cleaning" process, you can click on the allaboutshooting banner below and then go to the article "Cleaning a Shotgun Barrel" to find the guidelines.