Why no Kick's Gobblin' Thunder love around here?

[WildSpur]

With these new longbeard loads my .655 and winchester 1300 will be back at it with #6.

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[ahfox16]

I have a GT 665 in my 1187 right now....I have tried other tubes but the GT always comes out on top.  I still have some Extended Range Wins right now but as soon as they are gone I am going to swap to a different choke to heed the "not approved for HTL" warning.

It will stay in the safe for use with lead should I ever return to that.

I believe Charlie Boswell (owner of Comp-n-choke and Kicks) said there was no problem using the Winchester Extended in his chokes.  Big problem with Hevi-shot.  Winchester Extended are not as hard as Hevi-shot so they aren't an issue. 

[Hooks' n' Beards']

i love my .675 gt choke.

[the Ward]

I have a GT 665 in my 1187 right now....I have tried other tubes but the GT always comes out on top.  I still have some Extended Range Wins right now but as soon as they are gone I am going to swap to a different choke to heed the "not approved for HTL" warning.

It will stay in the safe for use with lead should I ever return to that.

I believe Charlie Boswell (owner of Comp-n-choke and Kicks) said there was no problem using the Winchester Extended in his chokes.  Big problem with Hevi-shot.  Winchester Extended are not as hard as Hevi-shot so they aren't an issue. 

I may be wrong on this, but from what I understand both Hevi and Xtended Range are both tungsten. Tungsten is harder than the hardest steel shot. So I don't get where one tungsten load is "softer" than another.I can see a difference in wads and velocity, but not the hardness of the shot itself. That being said, the kicks gt I have throws very even, consistent patterns.They are good chokes, but like others have posted, i think the "lead only" deal hurts them as it makes them sound like they are not as strong as hevi approved chokes.   

[mightyjoeyoung]

You are wrong actually ward.  The Winny ER loads are softer than Hevi shot by a good margin.  In fact I believe they also contain tin and/or bismuth though I can't remember which one.  Either way they are def softer than Hevi and I think even softer than steel waterfowl shot.

[shuey270]

I like the 665 GT in my 870 with Win 3.5", 2oz #4's.

[Twowithone]

Ive taken quite a few gobblers with Kicks GT. 665. and Winchester xr 3" #6 shot out of my Winchester1300 gives me great patterns.

[RAY]

We all use Kicks in our turkey guns and waterfowl guns. No complaints at all when it comes to Kicks choke tubes.

[the Ward]

You are wrong actually ward.  The Winny ER loads are softer than Hevi shot by a good margin.  In fact I believe they also contain tin and/or bismuth though I can't remember which one.  Either way they are def softer than Hevi and I think even softer than steel waterfowl shot.

Thanks for the correction, I did not know there were different alloys involved in the making of tungsten shot. That's why I like being here, always able to learn something new!

[vpsalin]

Is that to say that there's no real world problem shooting hevi shot through a kick's even though the fine print says not to do it?

[kshutt]

I run Kick's GT Chokes on my 835 and 935... 

[Longshanks]

I'm back to hunting with my Rem870 21"bbl/ Kicks .655.

180's in 12 @ 40.  Win XX 3/2/6's

*hard to beat with any other setup I have..in hunting situations in the timber.

[drenalinld]

Is that to say that there's no real world problem shooting hevi shot through a kick's even though the fine print says not to do it?

A few have split with HTL loads. Very rare but a possibilty. To me they look thinner and definitely have more material removed for ports possibly making them weaker. I own five or six and love them with lead and XRHD's! When I shoot other HTL it's other chokes. Many shoot them with Hevi, HW and even TSS with great results.

[Tom Foolery]

Is that to say that there's no real world problem shooting hevi shot through a kick's even though the fine print says not to do it?

A few have split with HTL loads. Very rare but a possibilty. To me they look thinner and definitely have more material removed for ports possibly making them weaker. I own five or six and love them with lead and XRHD's! When I shoot other HTL it's other chokes. Many shoot them with Hevi, HW and even TSS with great results.

The Kicks is thinner?  Mine is built like a tank with diagonal round porting.  Are you thinking of Indian Creek or Comp-N-Choke? 

A Kicks choke is far from thin.

[tnturkey]

i have there high flyer choke and its good. but imo there are better turkey chokes on the market is the reason I don't shoot them. I dont have a problem with there company. I shoot htl loads but that doesn't stop me from using them. just better chokes at least in my experience is why I dont use them. not saying they are bad at all dont take it that way just out of my gun. I would be hard pressed to find one that would pattern better out of it. but that's just me.