Remington Extra Full Turkey Choke/ 21" bbl

[grayfox]

Had the same problems with my 3" 21" barrel also.  Tried a Remington Super Full, Remington Extra Full, Comp-N-Choke .655, Comp-N-Choke .675, Remington Ventilator, Carlson's .665, Primos Jellyhead .665 & a Hevi-Choke .662. Never patterned worth a flip with lead loads.  Maybe some slightly decent patterns with Winchester HV Supreme #6's. Finally tried some Hevi-13 #6's & 7's & got some good patterns.

[Longshanks]

Had the same problems with my 3" 21" barrel also.  Tried a Remington Super Full, Remington Extra Full, Comp-N-Choke .655, Comp-N-Choke .675, Remington Ventilator, Carlson's .665, Primos Jellyhead .665 & a Hevi-Choke .662. Never patterned worth a flip with lead loads.  Maybe some slightly decent patterns with Winchester HV Supreme #6's. Finally tried some Hevi-13 #6's & 7's & got some good patterns.

Which choke you end up shooting?

[grayfox]

Had the same problems with my 3" 21" barrel also.  Tried a Remington Super Full, Remington Extra Full, Comp-N-Choke .655, Comp-N-Choke .675, Remington Ventilator, Carlson's .665, Primos Jellyhead .665 & a Hevi-Choke .662. Never patterned worth a flip with lead loads.  Maybe some slightly decent patterns with Winchester HV Supreme #6's. Finally tried some Hevi-13 #6's & 7's & got some good patterns.

Which choke you end up shooting?

Year before last I used a Carlson's .665 ported with Hevi-13 #6's.  Last year I use a Hevi-Shot choke with Hevi-13 #7's.  This is what I'll probably be using this year. It put a up few more shot that the Carlson's & Jellyhead.  Just ordered a Truglo Strut Stopper Xtreme .643" Constriction to play around with.  If I was you I'd get some Hevi-13 #7's.

[Longshanks]

Had the same problems with my 3" 21" barrel also.  Tried a Remington Super Full, Remington Extra Full, Comp-N-Choke .655, Comp-N-Choke .675, Remington Ventilator, Carlson's .665, Primos Jellyhead .665 & a Hevi-Choke .662. Never patterned worth a flip with lead loads.  Maybe some slightly decent patterns with Winchester HV Supreme #6's. Finally tried some Hevi-13 #6's & 7's & got some good patterns.

Which choke you end up shooting?

Year before last I used a Carlson's .665 ported with Hevi-13 #6's.  Last year I use a Hevi-Shot choke with Hevi-13 #7's.  This is what I'll probably be using this year. It put a up few more shot that the Carlson's & Jellyhead.  Just ordered a Truglo Strut Stopper Xtreme .643" Constriction to play around with.  If I was you I'd get some Hevi-13 #7's.

Yea I shoot them out of a few different guns. Bad to the bone. Let my gunsmith look at my barrel today and it looks pretty good. Just a few machine marks but not bad.  Got a Kicks .655 on a gift certificate today. Trying to build a lead shooter. I've never had a gun that Kicks wouldn't turn good patterns with lead. Got my fingers crossed.

[grayfox]

I was wanting to get some good patterns with the Winchester HV Supremes (Black Hulls) with #5 shot. No luck so far.  That's why I shoot those expensive Hev-13's.

[Tom Foolery]

I've had 2 short barreled 870's and with a Kicks .655, a Kicks .660 and a Ventilator I barely average over 100 with lead HV #6's and lead #5's using the Kicks .660 because it threw the best overall pattern.  The Win LB #6's were 180+ from my short 870.


Mine is slinging Hevi 7's when it goes to the woods.

[Longshanks]

I've had 2 short barreled 870's and with a Kicks .655, a Kicks .660 and a Ventilator I barely average over 100 with lead HV #6's and lead #5's using the Kicks .660 because it threw the best overall pattern.  The Win LB #6's were 180+ from my short 870.


Mine is slinging Hevi 7's when it goes to the woods.

7's are business. I'm setting up a gun for my kids to hunt with on this one. . Knoxx Stock/  21" bbl/ Kicks .655. Would like to see a good pattern in the 35-40 yd range (100+ in a 10 @ 40) but the main thing is to get a pattern that's not too tight for the kids learning. I figure if I stay with XX, HV, and Supreme 6's  the patterns won't get overly tight in the 20-25 yd range. Probably gonna be shooting 2 3/4 inch shells at first then progressing to 3".