Looking for some ammo for my nova

[Juan Gonzales]

Hello this is my first post to this forum so here we go. I have a nova 20 that I'm wanting to use for turkey's and I was looking for suggestions on some ammo. I have an undertaker choke and money is limited so are there any good loads like the turkey thugs ammo or the Winchester supremes? I tried to pattern the federal #5 and the supremes #5 at 20yds they are good but any farther than that they are not very good. My son got a 870 20ga for Christmas and I picked him up a tightwad choke at Walmart so I patterned the federal #5's out of it and holy cow!! At 30 yards it threw a heck of a pattern, and the choke is .570 and my undertaker is .572 and the pattern is no where near as good as his so what might be the deal? Thanks

[rcpigg65]

juan , I have a benelli nova 20 like yours and have found that it will throw a killing pattern at 30 with winchester supreme or turkey thug 5's but not any further with any lead I have tried . I run a $20 tight wad choke in mine also from walmart . To get to 40 yds with a killing pattern you will probably find you need to shoot Federal Heavy weights in 7's . They run around 20 to 25$ for 5 shells but will kill with authority at 40 yds. They will also shoot very well in your sons gun also with the choke he already has . Also if you buy some try them in  your factory full choke , a lot of people have found they perform very well in factory chokes .

[cphill]

I have good luck with hevi 13 #6 with the undertaker and thug #5 also....i have 870 and nova the nova with out do my 870 hands down with any ammo I have tried hard to beat the nova

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[Juan Gonzales]

I appreciate your replys, I've been looking on the forum for awhile now and I have read a few post about having the barrel super clean. Will this make a big difference or not, I also use this gun to shoot doves and I use it for the early teal season and I'll run a bore snake through it every once in awhile. Should I clean the barrel out really good and try to pattern again?

[albrubacker]

I appreciate your replys, I've been looking on the forum for awhile now and I have read a few post about having the barrel super clean. Will this make a big difference or not, I also use this gun to shoot doves and I use it for the early teal season and I'll run a bore snake through it every once in awhile. Should I clean the barrel out really good and try to pattern again?

Most likely will only help. I would try it.

[Seth B]

My 20 gauge nova 24" barrel and .570 jelly head choke  puts up a beautiful pattern at 40 yrds with federal HTL #7's.
150-180 average in a 10' Circle.

[Crockrj]

^^^^ Federal HW #7s I shoot a Sumtoy .562 out of my Nova and get 185-195 at 40 yards. Its nasty on turkey noggins!
I've now moved up to rolling my own TSS and get 300+ at 40 yards with 1 5/8 oz. #9s.

[mattbrooks]

My nova shoots magnum blends real well with a jelly head.


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