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Posted: 5/11/2012 5:32:27 AM EDT
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Sorry if this has been discussed before...I don't come to this part of the forum much. Are there special choke tubes designed to tightly pattern buck in 12 gauge shotguns? Specifically, I run an 870 with 20" rifle sight deer barrel having interchangable choke tube capability. I know that some buck tends to pattern well anyway (Federal flight control wad for example), but it seems like someone should have designed choke tubes with "tactical" purpose in mind. Anyone know of any they can recommend? TIA
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Sorry if this has been discussed before...I don't come to this part of the forum much. Are there special choke tubes designed to tightly pattern buck in 12 gauge shotguns? Specifically, I run an 870 with 20" rifle sight deer barrel having interchangable choke tube capability. I know that some buck tends to pattern well anyway (Federal flight control wad for example), but it seems like someone should have designed choke tubes with "tactical" purpose in mind. Anyone know of any they can recommend? TIA Jeff There are plenty of buckshot specific choke tubes. I tried a several from Kicks Ind. and just stick with regular chokes. They do better for me when correctly matched with buckshot that they like. If you just want to buy whatever and sling it down-range willy-nilly, then a specialty tube will probably be a better bet. |
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Found the Carlson's Chokes site. They have some interesting possibilities, but it does look like it all comes down to testing on paper with a given choke and load. They claim their Coyote Choke can pattern out to 70 yards...hmm. They claim... Can... Yeah, some people have great luck with designer chokes. I have not. I have tried several, and just ended up sticking with a MOD choke flush-fit in my Benelli M4S90's. Then I bought a Benelli M1014 and didn't have a choice. It has a fixed MOD choke. I love it. Something people are overlooking is that ammunition plays a huge role, too. Even among similarly constructed/built rounds, it little variables matter. Here is a test I performed today with my M1014: ALL RANGE TESTING OCCURRED FROM A BENCH AT 25 YARDS AT AN INDOOR RANGE USING A BENELLI M1014 W/FIXED MOD CHOKE. I compared Remington 00 Express Buckshot (9-pellet) with Winchester Ranger 9-pellet full-power. Both shells contain a granulated buffer of very similar looking material, except the Winchester buffer is more spherical where the Remington buffer varies more, many pieces qualifying as "shavings". The pellets in both were similarly round, with a slight edge going to the Winchester. Both used very similar wads, which protect the shot during its trip down the bore. The real difference was pellet hardness. I am not a calibrated lab machine, but I used needle-nose pliers, a counter-top, and my own weight/strength to crush each pellet as much as I could. This is the result: 
On the patterning board, here is the result (each target is 14x16", and the circle is 12". In the upper left corner, you will see the number of pellets recorded which hit the circle, and in the bottom right, the number that hit the paper anywhere. The Remington targets are below, the Winchester up top. Each target represents 3 shots fired COM, for a total of 27 projectiles per target possible. The targets were individually placed down-range so chances of contamination are nil.) The Winchester averaged 69% payload in the 12" circle, and 90% on-paper. The Remington, 51% and 74%, respectively (all numbers rounded to the nearest percent). Over-all, the Winchester is shown to pattern 17% tighter. 
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