20 GA. 870 21" barrel, Truglo GSX Choke?

[cluckpurr]

Just wondering if anybody has shot this exact setup? I will be shooting TSS #9 handloads with the SAM wad recipe.

[LRD]

This may not be much help, but I patterned the SSX in my son's 870 youth with heavyweight #7s. It had a really good 200+ in the 10" at 40 yards but not many in the 10" - 20". In other words, it shot a really tight pattern with the heavyweight shells.

[mightyjoeyoung]

Shoot it and let us know...

[BrowningGuy88]

I shot one for a long time with Winchester 5's and killed a lot of turkeys, but that was before I knew anything about patterning guns or custom chokes...

[cluckpurr]

Shot the gun this morning, not exactly blown away with the pattern. Will it kill a turkey? Sure, but its not the sexy patterns that these handloads have put out from other set ups. I will count the pellets and post pictures later tonight.

[BrowningGuy88]

That was my experience with it as well.

[cluckpurr]

So after counting it's putting 250 in a 10 inch circle at 40 yards. I was hoping more for 300+. There was about a 15-20 mph wind dead in my face when I was shooting. Overall the pattern is fairly even at 40 across the whole paper, not the defined concentration in the center. How should I go about tightening it up without over choking the TSS?

[Meatseeker]

Try the Truglo SSX instead.  As other have said its a proven killer and has won multiple NWTF still target shooting competitions.  I shoot a Rem 870 20 ga with the SSX and heavyweight 7's and can put 200+ in a 10" circle at 40 yards.  With TSS 300 counts should be possible.  Although I'm not sure why the an even pattern with 250 pellets isn't good enough??

[cluckpurr]

Im going to have to choke it down for sure, either to a .560 or .555, the pattern is serviceable but just not as good as i was expecting. i cant figure out how to load pictures on here for love nor money either.

[cluckpurr]

Okay i figured out how to get pictures on here, so heres the pattern, going to try the sxx or IC .555 next go

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