18.5" choke comparison (#4 shot) + a pumpkin shot.

[oneone]

Just finished doing a quick comparison between a cylinder choke and an extra-full turkey choke. I'm using my 870 Desert recon with an 18.5" barrel. Shots were taken at 10 yards using Federal bulk #4 shot.

I'm not sure if I'm more surprised at the amount of spread there was with the smooth bore, or how much difference the turkey choke made.

Afterwards I grabbed a slug and did this:

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It's cool seeing the bits of pumpkin fall at slow speed.

 

[rivetc78]

 

[BabySeal]

I just discovered turkey chokes too. I got a ported Carlson choke that I run in both my single shot Backpacker (13" barrel) and my Mossberg 930 (18.5").

I was amazed at the tightness of the patterns and qas quite giddy over the results while on gopher safarii with my backpacker.

I just got my 930 backbored and the pattern is more uniform now too. Recoil is also less.

Its amazing what a few tweaks will do to a shotgun.

 

[oneone]

I got a ported Carlson choke that I run in my single shot Backpacker (13" barrel)

That would be a fun one!!

Makes me excited for my upcoming 12.5" Grizzly!