What choke/shell for going back to lead

[C J Stahly]

What shell/choke combo would ya'll go with is you were going back to lead? 

Tristar Viper G2 Turkey 24" barrel (beretta/benelli mobil)
Remington 870 26" barrel

I couldn't find anything last year I liked with the tristar.  I only tried a couple chokes with a few different loads. 

I was going to go with hevi mag blends in the 870 and a jellyhead 665 and a pg 670 w hevi 6s in the star. 

I would rather shoot lead just because I hate the 4-5/shell of HTL

[Longshanks]

Kicks .655-.660 have performed well in my 870's and most I've heard about. Win 3/2/6's in the .655 and Win 3/2/5's in the .660 are generally bad medicine but you don't know until you experiment.

[nyhunter]

Yep kicks .655, I just bought one my SBEII and i have one for my Rem. 870. win xx, win. HV, or the OLD PRE flight control federal shells. Killed a ton of turkeys with those.

[trkehunr93]

I have a Preston Pitmann Boss Buster in my 835, pretty much just like the Star Dot chokes.  I have enough Hevi-13 to get me thru this spring but I have made a financial choice to go back to lead after coming across a ton of Win. 3.5 HV 5's and 6's at Wal-Mart for $8/box.  I need to get out and pattern it, I have a Brileys in .675 that I plan on testing with the Win. HV also.

[davisd9]

I have a Preston Pitmann Boss Buster in my 835, pretty much just like the Star Dot chokes.  I have enough Hevi-13 to get me thru this spring but I have made a financial choice to go back to lead after coming across a ton of Win. 3.5 HV 5's and 6's at Wal-Mart for $8/box.  I need to get out and pattern it, I have a Brileys in .675 that I plan on testing with the Win. HV also.

I heard the the turkey choke that comes with the 835 works great with lead.  It is rated just for lead.  One came in my 835 when I bought it in July.  You are welcome to try it if you like to see if you would be interested in getting one.  They are $30 from Mossberg but you might be able to find them cheaper somewhere else. 

[trkehunr93]

I have a Preston Pitmann Boss Buster in my 835, pretty much just like the Star Dot chokes.  I have enough Hevi-13 to get me thru this spring but I have made a financial choice to go back to lead after coming across a ton of Win. 3.5 HV 5's and 6's at Wal-Mart for $8/box.  I need to get out and pattern it, I have a Brileys in .675 that I plan on testing with the Win. HV also.

I heard the the turkey choke that comes with the 835 works great with lead.  It is rated just for lead.  One came in my 835 when I bought it in July.  You are welcome to try it if you like to see if you would be interested in getting one.  They are $30 from Mossberg but you might be able to find them cheaper somewhere else. 




I have the factory choke from when I bought mine, never shot it.  I got the Brileys when I started shooting Hevi, I plan on seeing what the factory will do also.  A friend of mine got an 835 for his son last year and we ran 3" Federals (pre FCW) and the patterns were effective to probably 30-35 yards.  The 3.5's may surprise me w/ the factory choke. Thanks for the offer.

[shuey270]

I use a kicks with #4's

[WildSpur]

Wow!  That's better than some htl patterns!

Winchester lead especially the hv round seems to be the ticket.

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[MossRem]

In my pattern testing, the one load that seemed to pattern well in any shotgun I ran it through was the black-hull Winchester Supreme 1 and 3/4 oz. 3 inch #5 shell. They're not really all that expensive or hard to find, either. Our local Wal-Mart has them every year before season.

[MossRem]

Oh..sorry! Forgot to mention the chokes....I tested with a Mossberg 835/Preston Pittman ported choke;  Rem 870 Express with 28" barrel and factory full choke; Remington 870 Express with a 21" barrel and factory extra-full choke.
Through the 835, I actually got a better pattern with the 3 inch #5 loads than with the 3 and 1/2 inch ones....

[Wycliff]

X2 on the winchester supremes