Turkey Thugs in tight choke?

[Triplgobble]

I have a Rem. 870 12 ga. with a Bansner .645 sleeve is this to tight for #6 Turkey Thugs?

[R AJ]

Only you will know for sure. There has already been a post showing 690-655 with no appreciable decline in numbers . I do know that the old whites and Win Supreme #6s liked tight chokes.

Those shells will have noticeable recoil on a 643 choke. I do know that.

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

I myself have'nt really seen any benefit when shooting lead loads of going tighter than .655. And in a lot of cases you will tend to blow the pattern.  I know short barrels will tend to like tighter chokes sometimes.  And some guys are getting some good pattens with the TruGlo SSX .643 chokes in your gun.  But that's not to say they couldn't be getting even better patterns with the right choke in .655 to .675 sizes as well.  But having said that I had a 21" barrel 870 that I used to shoot a Hastings .640 out of.  I think the center mass of pattern was better, but for overall patterns the .665 was probably better. 

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

There has already been a post showing 690-655 with no appreciable decline in numbers

Slight correction: .690 to .650

I patterned 5 chokes altogether.  .690, .675, .665, .655, & .650

All were pretty good patterns, but the .665 was the best overall.

The Thugs aren't too picky about chokes.

[bencattin]

I have a Banser 665 choke and with the Thugs 6 shot I got 118 in the 10 at 40. Been wanting to try the Thugs 5 shot .

[Philippe]

I just shot the thugs 3.5 2oz 6's out of my new 870 SM with the jellyhead .660, all i have to say is they are mean! Probably the best lead shells i've seen, but i still need to try the ole winny supreme 3.5 2 1/4 6's.

[STRYKER]

I'm pretty new at this pattern thing but i shot thug 6s through my ssx which is .643 and got 142 in 10" at lazered 40. So needless to say i am plenty happy with that and will be hunting that setup this spring.

[STRYKER]

Those were 3" 6s by the way

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

I just shot the thugs 3.5 2oz 6's out of my new 870 SM with the jellyhead .660, all i have to say is they are mean! Probably the best lead shells i've seen, but i still need to try the ole winny supreme 3.5 2 1/4 6's.

We want pictures dude!   

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

I'm pretty new at this pattern thing but i shot thug 6s through my ssx which is .643 and got 142 in 10" at lazered 40. So needless to say i am plenty happy with that and will be hunting that setup this spring.

Did you try any other chokes to see if you could improve on that or not?  Just curious.  That ain't bad. 

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

And tell us what gun and barrel length.

[Philippe]

I just shot the thugs 3.5 2oz 6's out of my new 870 SM with the jellyhead .660, all i have to say is they are mean! Probably the best lead shells i've seen, but i still need to try the ole winny supreme 3.5 2 1/4 6's.

We want pictures dude!   

I'll take some friday, i didnt have my phone on me at the range today but i will fri,sat,sun while im at the range.

[BowBendr]

I'm pretty new at this pattern thing but i shot thug 6s through my ssx which is .643 and got 142 in 10" at lazered 40. So needless to say i am plenty happy with that and will be hunting that setup this spring.

What gun/barrel length ?

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

You have to remember that some guys don't get all technical about their results.

140+ with any Lead shell at 40 Yards is good through any gun or choke.  It was not super common to see that prior to the Federal Turkey Thug shells, but the Thugs make it easy.  Even "my" 870 broke 140, but it still took the right choke in that gun to do it.  I tried 5 chokes in all.

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

It turned out like this in my 870:

.665 did best
.655 and .675 were about equal
.690 had a lot in 20"
.650 had a lot in 16"-17", but not as many total in 20" as the .690

I believe that .690 was too open, and .650 was too tight.
.655 to .675 is where it's really at with the Thugs in RemChoke.