what choke for hevi-shot loads
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what choke for hevi-shot loads
Does anyone shoot 3 1/2" hevi-shot? What choke do you use? I'm just doing a little research to figure out which one to go with. I have either #5's or #6's.
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
I get a better pattern at 40 yards with 3" hevi shot than 3 1/2 ......Im putting it through a jelly head choke tube, shooting #5's
Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
Jellyhead for remingtons and rhinos for everything else
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
If money is an object, jellyhead will do great...but, I not go with Indian Creek.... 3" loads work slightly better in my experience too...
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
I shoot a ruger red label and trulock chokes pattern really well for me.
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
Nothing wrong with trulock, I use them in my duck guns, what constriction are you using?
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
FYI..... my factory full patterns better than a rhino through my beretta.
Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
I use a jellyhead in my SBE with 3 1/2" 2 1/4oz 6s.....
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
Hevi shot markets a choke especially for use with Hevi Shot
I have one and it shoots better out of my SBE 2 than anything else I've tried
282 pellets in a pie plate at 40 yards with 3.5" Hevi 13
198 in a pie plate at 40 yards with 3" #5 Winchester supremes
I have one and it shoots better out of my SBE 2 than anything else I've tried
282 pellets in a pie plate at 40 yards with 3.5" Hevi 13
198 in a pie plate at 40 yards with 3" #5 Winchester supremes
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
GordonGekko wrote:Nothing wrong with trulock, I use them in my duck guns, what constriction are you using?
.04 in the top barrel and .065 in the bottom.
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
Think I'm gonna go with a jellyhead. It's a lot cheaper than the rest and I have had way more people to tell me to get one than any of the others. If it doesn't pattern well, I haven't lost too much money.
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
Yep, good starting point. The nice thing about Rhino and Indian Creek is if you aren't getting the pattern you want they will work with you on getting a choke that patterns like you want...but they are twice what a jellyhead costs, and that jellyhead is plenty good for most stuff...and seriously get a box of the 3" 2oz 6's I think you will like them better than the 3.5's....
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
H20 Fowl wrote:FYI..... my factory full patterns better than a rhino through my beretta.
So have you found a tube that works well with the hevi13 in your Beretta (Extrema?). With all the different tube, gun, shell combinations, it is a pretty challenging to find a starting point. Have any of you Extrema owners found that outstanding combination? Been shooting the hevi13 #6 out of the factory tube but looking to tighten it up a bit.
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Re: what choke for hevi-shot loads
cockandlock25 wrote:Think I'm gonna go with a jellyhead. It's a lot cheaper than the rest and I have had way more people to tell me to get one than any of the others. If it doesn't pattern well, I haven't lost too much money.
it will pattern!
if it doesen't i will let you shoot my 10 ga.
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