Tightest pattern Turkey choke ?

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Curious to see what people are using. I hunt with my Citori 525 . Has invector plus chokes. I was out looking at chokes at Cabelas , but not sure I want to spend $100 plus dollars on a choke without some reviews.
 
I'm not sure how much hype is involved with a lot of these products or not, so rather than drop $100 I opted for a Carlson extra full turkey choke (non extended) for around $25 US. A buddy has an Indian Creek tube. Both guns are Benelli Super Nova. The inner diameter (constriction) measures about the same, but the Indian Creek patterns much better with all loads tried in each gun. Every gun will prefer 1 load/brand shell over another, and different chokes will perform differently also. I'd say over the years, I have more funds invested in patterning and trying loads when my favorites are unavailable than a couple good choke tubes would cost.
 
Boy are you in for some fun!. Patterning shotguns for turkeys will drive you insane and poor. You can take 3 identical shotguns and try the same choke in each one with the same load and they will pattern differently. The only way to tell is to experiment. I have $20 tru chokes that pattern just as tight as my $100 Comp N Choke. There is a very good website that I can't remember the name of that has a lot of info on chokes and recommendations for different guns. Do a search and you will find it. The main thing I would recommend is to start with #5 shot and currently the hot load is Winchester Long Beard. If you're interested Carlsons came out this year with a special choke for Long Beard. Have fun! TC
 
As already said have fun. Try Mod, full choke as well sometimes they pattern better than the extra full turkey specific chokes. Try different mfg'er ammo too. Remember some of the fancy wad styles don't perform well in ported barrels or chokes with wad strippers.
 
The best place to start is with federal flight controll shells in #5 shot with your full choke.this load works well in most guns.
 
After testing in at least a dozen different guns, Winchester Longbeard is the clear winner in terms of performance vs price.
 
Every gun, choke and load nets different results. After patterning many combinations, I found that a Carlson's Extended Turkey 0.665" choke with Win Turkey 3" and 3.5" #6's was the right combination for my Browning Citori Lightning Mossy Oak and Browning Gold Mossy Oak guns... the patterns were even with no holes and at least a dozen head neck hits out to 45 yards.
 
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