remi 1187 20 ga 21 barrel

[gooblnfever]

i took the plunge and picked up a 20 ga to play with and need some thoughts from yall.
i have a jellyhead .570 and shot the gun yesterday with not so great results imo.
10" circle 40 yds
3" hevi 13 6s 98 in 10
3" mag blend 85 in 10
2 3/4 nitro 7s 120 in 10 (kids shell)

thinking bout getting rhino .575 and shoot some nitro megaweights.
what do yall think?

[Dbrnmllr]

What did the 2.75 Nitros look like outside the 10?  That seems like a winner and the benefit is a lot less recoil!

[mightyjoeyoung]

Those numbers seem a bit low.  I'm getting 130's- 140s with the .570 JH and either of the 2 hevi shot loads you shot below 100 with.  Have you deep cleaned and or pollished the barrel?  I did mine and saw about a 12-15% increase in numbers with better eveness.

[gooblnfever]

the barrel has been deep cleaned.i havnt polished the barrel but i will soon.
the 2 3/4 nitro had a good 20" pattern as well but i didnt count that yet.

[wmd]

I was getting pretty low numbers out of the same gun until I went with the SSX .550.  With the hevi-7s, I am getting in the 160s and in the 120s with the Mag Blends.  My gun just would not shoot the heavyweight 7s.  I think I only broke 100 a couple of times.

[mightyjoeyoung]

I was getting pretty low numbers out of the same gun until I went with the SSX .550.  With the hevi-7s, I am getting in the 160s and in the 120s with the Mag Blends.  My gun just would not shoot the heavyweight 7s.  I think I only broke 100 a couple of times.

Those HW 7's can be tricky buggers to get to shoot.  Thank the FC wad for that.  If you do actually find a choke that will get your gun to shoot them well you will have a true, died in the wool killer in your hands for sure! 

[st8tman]

I experienced very similar numbers with the same gun shooting HW 7's out of both a Rem Super Full .570 as well as a Trulock .585. I ended up getting a SSX .550 from Clark and the performance skyrocketed. 140's-150's with nice even patterns and good 20" coverage.

[honker22]

Try the Rem SF choke for that 20.  You can get it for $10 or $20, depending on where you look.