Federal TSS with Trulock TSS Chokes - UPDATE

[SKFOOTER]

No choke expert but those choke constrictions seem like defeating the flight control wad to me?

And like the 12 gauge Heavyweight 7 loads, defeating the Flight Control Wad is what has to be done to make these loads pattern tight.

[mightyjoeyoung]

That jellyhead max doesn't suprise me one bit.  Ever since they went away from the original design,  those chokes have become just like any other avg choke with anything. 

[Gobble!]

All at 40 yards:
Trulock .650 - 290 pellets
Trulock .640 - 264 pellets
Kicks .665 - 255 pellets
Jelly Head .660 - 214 pellets

Not the numbers you'd expect/are paying for but will all kill turkeys. Be interesting to see how the Indian Creek does.

[BigPimpin]

All at 40 yards:
Trulock .650 - 290 pellets
Trulock .640 - 264 pellets
Kicks .665 - 255 pellets
Jelly Head .660 - 214 pellets

Not the numbers you'd expect/are paying for but will all kill turkeys. Be interesting to see how the Indian Creek does.

Look at the number I averaged in the original post.  Completely different results.

[mahifishn]

Much better. After looking at the picture I probably could've shifted the circle further right and picked up 10-15 more pellets. 350 is fine with me.

[Gobble!]

Much better. After looking at the picture I probably could've shifted the circle further right and picked up 10-15 more pellets. 350 is fine with me.

Will definitely work but looks like it's over choked. Some holes in that pattern.

[mahifishn]

I absolutely agree with you, gobble. I've spent enough messing around with the federal factory loads. Once I get the stuff in to handload my own I'll mess with it more and fine tune it. This season I'm just gonna roll with what I have. It's way better than any other factory stuff I have.

[BottomLand54]

I am getting in the 400's with a sbeii 28" Barrel with a .665 sumtoy with apex 9's 3" shell.


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[Gobble!]

I absolutely agree with you, gobble. I've spent enough messing around with the federal factory loads. Once I get the stuff in to handload my own I'll mess with it more and fine tune it. This season I'm just gonna roll with what I have. It's way better than any other factory stuff I have.

It's similar in evenness to the pattern I shot with a .665 Indian Creek and handloads. A .675 was much more even.

[AgingDisgracefully]

Just wanted to check back in to thank you Mahifishn and BigPimpn for directing me to these chokes. Followed the advice of you all and got the Trulock for No. 7 TSS.

Running the choke and No. 7 TSS through my SuperVinci I crushed it patterning out to 50 yards. Others were having to have a hard time and from the first shot to the last I was looking at one dead turkey.

This week I am headed out. Thank you guys for great advice. If I have a turkey in my sites and fail it will truly be a case of the Indian and not the arrow!!!