Choke questions
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Nutrioso
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Tom Roster has studied load and choke lethality for decades and is the guy behind the lethality tables you can find on several DNR websites. Recently he has published articles on TSS and concludes it patterns very tight, regardless of choke. He says on pure TSS loads choke is irrelevant. With steel for waterfowl, IC seems to work fine for decoying birds.
Sheltowee
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I shot my 20 gauge Benelli SBE3 with Herters TSS through the stock full choke and love it. Federal TSS patterned pretty well too:
https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/whats-your-set-up-this-year.323430/post-3742793
Recently traded the SBE3 in and went with a Beretta A300 largely because I didn’t like the optics mounting system but was very pleased with how it shot TSS. I haven’t had a chance to pattern it yet but will start with the regular full choke. Seems like the name of the game with TSS is not to overchoke it. My patterns with the standard full were considerably better than with an Indian Creek turkey choke (which I swear by for lead/Hevi-shot loads).
Most, not all, Turkey guys have good results with Indian Creek chokes. I have used them quite a bit as they are local to me here in Southeast Missouri. I also use Muller Chokes with great success as well. They have a dedicated turkey choke as well as waterfowl chokes. They make it easy to pick. Decoy or Pass constrictions for waterfowl and Strut or UFO for turkeys.
stevejfarms
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where in SEMO?
There are other forums like gobbler nation and old gobbler that has lots of gun/choke/shell combo patterns with pics of their patterns. Odds are somebody is shooting what you are wanting to shoot.
Personally, I shoot an Indian Creek .555 choke in my Rem 870 Youth 20ga. I get a consistent 300 pellets in a 10” circle at 40 yards with a 1 5/8oz load of #9s.
In all the shotgun/choke combos I’ve tested, and there’s been a bunch, none have patterned better with a more open choke when compared to the tightest constriction offered.
Personally, I shoot an Indian Creek .555 choke in my Rem 870 Youth 20ga. I get a consistent 300 pellets in a 10” circle at 40 yards with a 1 5/8oz load of #9s.
In all the shotgun/choke combos I’ve tested, and there’s been a bunch, none have patterned better with a more open choke when compared to the tightest constriction offered.
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I use the factory full in my Benelli's, patterns well to 55-60 yards. My wife's first TSS turkey was killed at something like 74 yards.
I tried my Patternmaster Code Black Duck choke, the pattern was great but opened up too fast. I also tried my traditional extra full turkey chokes and found them to be too blown out, a tight core then opened up huge. Factory full or just slightly tighter than that is the sweet spot.
I have used Federal, Browning, and Remington #9 TSS. Of those three, Federal was most consistent and patterned best but the other two were half the cost when found on sale
I tried my Patternmaster Code Black Duck choke, the pattern was great but opened up too fast. I also tried my traditional extra full turkey chokes and found them to be too blown out, a tight core then opened up huge. Factory full or just slightly tighter than that is the sweet spot.
I have used Federal, Browning, and Remington #9 TSS. Of those three, Federal was most consistent and patterned best but the other two were half the cost when found on sale
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Sikeston
stevejfarms
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Vanduser for me
Djfan
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What gauge, choke, style of shotgun, maker of TSS, did you use?
I began hunting turkeys in 1970 with old timers who showed me the ropes. They all hunted with various makes of break open single barrel shotguns with FULL choke. Typically, high base #6 shot was used with great success. Head shots only were taken. TR
