safe choke restrictions for buckshot

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jrcampbell

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Is there a a choke restriction for buckshot that you shouldn't go past? Right now I'm shooting a primos tightwad in .665. thinking of trying a tighter one but not sure if it would be safe or not, don't want to kill myself trying to tighten pattern up a little bit.
 
Sometimes by opening the choke with buckshot you will get a better pattern!
Have you tryed a straight full choke or mod? You might be surprized!

Steve
 
What size buckshot and what shotgun are you shooting? And what kind of patterns are you currently shooting with the .665”? Really should offer that information, it is important but on the face of your post I'd say you are tight enough or maybe even too tight now - depending upon those factors mentioned above.
 
In my opinion, .665 is way too tight for buckshot depending on what shotgun you have.... .665 is what I use in my Rem. 870sm with #5 lead & #6 Hevi shot for turkeys....

Being over-choked can lead to "blown" patterns much like having a too open choke.

Pattern testing is your best bet to see what choke/load your shotgun likes best.
 
sorry bout lack of info. mossberg 500 24 in. barrel. shooting no. 4 buck. have a primos tightwad, carlson's coyote choke and factory mod. full, and xtra full. so far at 35 yds the primos is absolute winner, carlson's isn't too shabby but no where near the primos. the others aren,t even in the running. after running through all the chokes with 3" federal copper plated no.4 buck and 3" rem no.4 buck I jumped back to 50 yds to see if a real winner would emerge. inconclusive between the two at 50 yds. Buddy was thinking about letting me borrow his hastings choke in .650 but he doesn't want me injuring myself either. patterns at 35 yds were incredible with primos, consistently 35+ pellets in 30 in. circle( only targets I had at the time.) consistently putting at least 5 pellets in paper plate at 50 yds with both chokes. carlsons shoots federal better at this distance, primos shoots rem better. Is it too much to ask to tighten this up some?
thanks guys.
 
Well if you want to go the custom route, you can look into SumToy Customs.... William will build a choke to suit your needs... if you get one and it isn't quite where you want, send it back and he will do what he can until you're satisfied.

I know he does that with turkey chokes.... just tell him what your shotgun is and what loads you would like to shoot.
 
I wouldn't drop to the .650" choke. That is .080" constriction from your bore size (.730") and is generally considerably too much constriction for Number Four Buck. Somewhere between .050" to .060" is usually a nice sweet spot for No. Four Buck and the larger tungsten shot like the T, BBB and BB shot commonly used for coyotes. I don't know what your expectations are but despite the hyper bole claims of long range shotgunning even fifty yards is a long way for reliable shotgunning of coyotes. It can be done with some work sifting through various chokes, choke constrictions and by patterning a wide variety of suitable loads. It takes an investment of effort and money. Start your process by looking through and researching the big sticky at the top of this page...

http://www.predatormastersforums.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=777351&page=1
 
I'm starting to do some patterning now, with loads I can find. problem is, I can't find many if any suitable shells around here. I've read most of the thread about patterning, wasn't sure what my bore diameter was, thanks. I still may borrow my buddies choke to try, my main concern is safety dropping to that tight of a choke. I got some dead coyote loads on the way to try, then after that I'm gonna try whatever I can find through these two chokes. then maybe try some other chokes. I kinda wondered if I may be chasing something impossible, I did read on that thread that 5 pellets at that distance is pretty good. I didn't want to drop too much money on this gun, when my bike sells I'll be getting a new autoloader, may be doing this all again. I still want a good backup though. thanks grizzly, I'll have to check him out.
 
I'll say it again - .080" of constriction. But do what you want, it's your face and hands, shotgun barrel and your friends choke tube.
 
I shoot a Carlson's turkey choke in a 11/87. 20" patterns with #4 buck at 40 yards.

The same choke shoots 00 Buck and 000 buck in 15" patterns at 40 yards.

Every gun that I have tested has shot tighter with a full or extra full vs a Modified, without exception.
 
Originally Posted By: GCI'll say it again - .080" of constriction. But do what you want, it's your face and hands, shotgun barrel and your friends choke tube.
The reason I asked in the first place was to see if it was safe to do such a thing. I kinda like my face, hands etc. this is why I asked since you and other guys have vastly more experience doing this. Again is it too much to ask to tighten this pattern up? should I be fairly happy with that?
What do the differences in choke design do? for instance the kicks choke says they have a longer parallel section, Gc I saw a pic of a long indian creek tube you have. Knowing little about choke design what would be features to look for to help patterns with that bore size?
 
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Originally Posted By: GCI'll say it again - .080" of constriction. But do what you want, it's your face and hands, shotgun barrel and your friends choke tube.

+1 I like this GC. I use cylinder or a breacher chokes for buck shot.

My turkey load is 7 1/2 shot. The shot cup will safely compress because of the small size shot thru a full choke.
Buckshot loads are harder to compress thru a full choke shotgun. Your recoil will increase and most shogun barrels are to thin to handle the pressure.
 


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