Choke Tubes

ducman77 · Postby **ducman77** » Fri Jun 21, 2002 4:01 pm

I am looking for a good aftermarket choke tube for a benelli sbe. I thought I could get some replies from the forum.

Postby **GulfCoast** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 7:29 pm

Briley or Ballistic Specialties/Angleport.

Anatidae · Postby **Anatidae** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 9:15 pm

I haven't used one myself, but if I were going to get a tube, I'd get a 'Patternmaster'. I've heard some great reports about their performance at extended range from folks that hunt flooded fields.....they swear by'em 'cause they have a 'wad stripper' which slows the wad and reduces blown patterns, and better performance with the larger pellets. Cabela's....around $80.

Welldoggie · Postby **Welldoggie** » Sun Jun 23, 2002 9:28 pm

One tip....if you hunt close quarters like a pit or blind, then watch out for those extended choke tubes with ports...they will flat ring your buddies ears. I think pattenmaster also makes a non-ported version that you can get from their website.

Postby **GulfCoast** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 8:41 am

I have now played with and miked a Patternmaster choke. With Estate Steel #3's from a BGH it threw the same patterns (basically) as a Briley Improved Mod choke at 40 yards. I did not have any of the larger shot sizes to play with.

It is a real interesting construction. There are 3 decreasing constrictions with the patternmaster choke tube. The constriction, starting at the barrel end, is an Imp mod (.027) till it hits the studs/dogs/stripping posts, which would be a LMod (.015) measured at the TOP of the studs, and then a long parallel section of .005 (skeet) untill the shot charge leaves the muzzle end. Similar to the old Tula skeet chokes, but MUCH tighter.

[ June 24, 2002: Message edited by: GulfCoast ]

goosebruce · Postby **goosebruce** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 6:55 pm

GC, shoot a load of bb's thru it... It'll blow yur mind. Then try some buckshot, just for kicks. All the swat mags swear a scoped 12 gauge with tactile buckshot is an effective 90 yard weapon with a pm choke.

I aint seen the difference in noise on a normal gun barrel and a ported choke. A 21 inch turkey barrel or a ported barrel is quite another thing. But after shooting & standing next to folks shooting a couple thousand steel loads through NORMAL lenght barrels, cant tell a difference between ported and unported chokes. Same thing with popper loads in my gun, vrs a same lenght barrel with normal choke.

I did shoot trap next to a feller with one of dem ballistic specialities ported barrels one day. 5 yards from me, with muffs on, I thought his freggin gun blew up when he shot. I made him move 2 more stations from me, and told him nice gun, dont ever bring it to my pit! hehe.

Delta Duck · Postby **Delta Duck** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 7:23 pm

Ducman77
I have the best waterfowl shotgun ever made also. The SBE!!! Let's see what that statement startes [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

I shoot the ballistic speciality chokes. I had my barrel backbored and use a 13thousands. Somewhere betweet an IC and Mod. I do have the wad stripper ported chokes. I personally think it helps keep the shot FPS up.
For the people that don't like the sweet sound of a high performance duck killing machine they should be deer hunting!

ducman77 · Postby **ducman77** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 7:44 pm

DD,
I have shot all the waterfowl hunting guns and the SBE is the best shooting gun there is for sale by far.

ScottS · Postby **ScottS** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 7:45 pm

You cannot go wrong with either the Briley extended /non-ported or the TruLock extended/non-ported! DO not fool with those ported tubes they are designed for large shot only and an non-ported tube works just as good. The real key is to pattern your guns and find out which tube/shot combination works best for you.

I am getting 80-85% patterns with #2 and #3 shot at 40 yds with my TruLock IM tube. I love my Briley tubes but those TruLock tubes are awesome! They are made in Georgia and are a little cheaper than the Briley tubes. Do a Google search for TruLock tubes.

Hope this helps.

DeltaDuck.....is it the gun or the SHOOTER that is so good?? :-)

Postby **GulfCoast** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 10:00 pm

GROAN.....SBE=Seriously Below Expectations. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Goat Roper · Postby **Goat Roper** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:09 am

I use a Comp-N-Choke improved cylinder on my Benelli Nova and find it really patterns great up to about 40 yds. Use it successfully for both ducks and quail hunting.

Anatidae · Postby **Anatidae** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 12:20 pm

Well, there you have it, 'Dukman77'.....some replies. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] ......'course an 'SBE' with a 'Patternmaster' choke is STILL an 'SBE'. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] Good Luck!

[ June 25, 2002: Message edited by: Anatidae ]

ducman77 · Postby **ducman77** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 11:19 pm

thanks guys for the replies

Doc & Nash · Postby **Doc & Nash** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 8:43 am

I thnk you should start with a new gun first. An 870 would hurt your feelings.

ducman77 · Postby **ducman77** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 10:21 am

Cook & Nash
I know that you are not talking to me I own any gun that you can think of and I know what I like so if you want to shoot an 870 that is your problem not mine. I have 3 of them and they fall apart because they are so cheap so use what you want that is your choice.

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