rem 870sm with jellyhead and 3.5in magnum blends

[oldcreekhunter]

What should i expect. its a new 870sm with 26in barrel.

[Trevor2]

I would think you could expect good things. They say the longer barrelled 870 are easier to patter. I shoot a 21" barrel so cant fully help with the 26

[oldcreekhunter]

Thanks for the info.

[gophert]

Jelly Head .660 with an 870 26"--I got 230 in a 10" at 40 yds. 

[strutstopper]

Jelly Head 660 and 26 inch barrel on my 870 SM- only 195-200 with the 3 1/2 inch mag blends.

[Gobble!]

213

[bowhunter2k9]

195 or so, go with #6's

[cannonball]

Low 200's

[redleg06]

Did you say if you have the 660 or the 665 jellyhead?

I had that combo with the 665 and was getting in the 220's and was very pleased with it. Never tried the 660 with the mag blends.

[Curtdawg88]

My 870SM with 26" barrel with JH .660 got 223 in 10" cirlce at 40 with 3.5" Hevi 13 #6s.  Based on everything I have read, the Magnum blends don't produce as good of numbers as the straight 6s or 7s.  I'm hopefully going to try the 7s this weekend.

[C J Stahly]

I can't speak for the 3.5" shells, but in my 870 the 665 with mag blends produced a much better pattern than 6s.  Still not what I wanted but it was definetly a dead bird at 40.  The 6s had about 25-30 less pellets and not near as even.

[oldcreekhunter]

Thanks yall..i have some winchester high velocity 3.5 #6's also. i will be shooting both to pattern today.