Federal Heavyweight 6 and 7 and Remington 20

[ahfox16]

Bought a back up turkey gun last night via Gunbroker and picking it up next week.  870 with 25" barrel and factory tubes.  I have about 16 boxes of Federal Heavyweight in size 6 and size 7.  Do I need a non-ported tube and what do folks recommend.

Thanks much.

[DBell]

Bought a back up turkey gun last night via Gunbroker and picking it up next week.  870 with 25" barrel and factory tubes.  I have about 16 boxes of Federal Heavyweight in size 6 and size 7.  Do I need a non-ported tube and what do folks recommend.

Thanks much.

I've read a lot of older threads giving the trulock .565 a lot of praise with the heavyweight. Also hear a lot about sumtoy
.562

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[KyScott]

If I remember right it is supposed to be shot with a non ported but can be shot with the ported Hevi 13 choke.  I bought one last year for a Browning Silver 20 gauge and it shot the #7's very in a very nice pattern at 40 yards. Never tried the #6's. The Hevi 13 chokes can be bought at a pretty good deal if you do some shopping online but if you aren't worried about saving any money then there are a lot of options out there. Jeb's, Carlson, Sumtoy, Rob Roberts, Trulock etc. Some of these companies will let you send the choke back and ship you another size if you're not satisfied with the pattern which is very nice!

[savduck]

My 870 was very finicky. I finally found the choke it likes

Trulock 560 TSS chokes. It's shooting 175 with fed 7s

[dirt road ninja]

That load does better with no wad strippers or ports from what I've read.

[mightyjoeyoung]

That load does better with no wad strippers or ports from what I've read.

Yes and no.  My Carlson's. 575 shoots pretty well in my 870.  Screwed in a ported Primos Tightwad and it's a real killer now, shooting both 7s AND 6s extremely well.  My Encore shoots the 7s just ok and wouldn't pattern the 6s for anything with any standard Turkey choke.  Screwed in aTruGlo SSX (has wad stoppers and porting) and it'll even do 110+ at 40 with the heavyweight 6s.  The wads are softer in the 20 gauge loads than the 12s and respond much more readily to different chokes.

[ahfox16]

I tried 4 chokes this week with the Heavyweight 6's and I couldn't get the 870 to pattern and gave up on the shell and shot Longbeards (which were awesome).  Best with the Heavyweight 6 was the Sumtoy 562 and that was about 80 hits.  Also tried a 567 Sumtoy and a Remington Superfull at 572 and a Comp n choke XX Full.

[lowoctane]

I tried 4 chokes this week with the Heavyweight 6's and I couldn't get the 870 to pattern and gave up on the shell and shot Longbeards (which were awesome).  Best with the Heavyweight 6 was the Sumtoy 562 and that was about 80 hits.  Also tried a 567 Sumtoy and a Remington Superfull at 572 and a Comp n choke XX Full.

What choke did the Long Beards like?


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[Greg Massey]

Either choke will be fine .. Sumtoy 562 or Trulock 565 .. the 565 is what i use little more open for that close up shot .. little more wiggle room....

[Greg Massey]

I tried 4 chokes this week with the Heavyweight 6's and I couldn't get the 870 to pattern and gave up on the shell and shot Longbeards (which were awesome).  Best with the Heavyweight 6 was the Sumtoy 562 and that was about 80 hits.  Also tried a 567 Sumtoy and a Remington Superfull at 572 and a Comp n choke XX Full.

What choke did the Long Beards like?


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Never have shot the longbeards .. but my gun does great with Federal HW with Trulock 565

[lowoctane]

Does the Sumtoy have multiple grooves in it? Thx!

[tnanh]

Ithas multiple groves in it like straight rifling.

[BINK McCARTY]

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[savduck]

The two chokes that shoot best out of my 870 are the truglo ssx 555 and trulock choke made for the heavyweights and even the new one made for tss. Ive patterned about 20 other chokes.

[Greg Massey]

Bought a back up turkey gun last night via Gunbroker and picking it up next week.  870 with 25" barrel and factory tubes.  I have about 16 boxes of Federal Heavyweight in size 6 and size 7.  Do I need a non-ported tube and what do folks recommend.

Thanks much.

I've read a lot of older threads giving the trulock .565 a lot of praise with the heavyweight. Also hear a lot about sumtoy
.562     

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X2 ... either one of these chokes ... i have the Trulock 565 , awesome choke ....