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<blockquote data-quote="Broken Brow" data-source="post: 512298" data-attributes="member: 34141"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">There is no way to guarantee that any choke will give you the best pattern in your gun, but you can use some basic information to get a good pattern with the fewest dollars invested. Hevi-Shot has done a bunch of the testing for you and you should take advantage of it. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Different shotguns have different bore diameters. A shotgun with a wider bore diameter will require a wider choke diameter than a gun with a tighter bore diameter to get the same pattern density. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This is what Hevi-Shot produces for Hevi-13 choke diameters (12 gauge):</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Description___________________H-13 Choke Diameter</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Beretta/Benelli Turkey_______________0.656</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Winchester/Invector Turkey___________0.662</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Remington Turkey__________________0.662</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Browning Invector Plus Turkey_________0.664</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Benelli Crio Plus Turkey______________0.667</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Beretta Optima Plus Turkey___________0.671</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Mossberg 835/935 Turkey____________0.676</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Now you have a starting poin</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">t to shoot Hevi-Shot, Remington HD, Winchester Xtended Range, Hevi-13, and </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ITX Extreme Turkey Trauma-13</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">.</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> However, you don't necessarily need to buy a Hevi-13 choke. Rhino, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Pure Gold, Indian Creek, and Jelly Head are 4 major choke makers that produce chokes that are close to these choke diameters.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">For example, the Hevi-13 Remington choke diameter is .662. Both Jelly Head and Rhino both make chokes in .660 for Remington, which is very close. Those would be good to try as alternatives. Some choke makers will also make custom choke diameters on request.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Federal Heavyweight is not designed to be shot in ported chokes. You will be limited to the Pure Gold Tempest or other non-ported chokes for that load.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">TSS is a different animal and will probably not be optimized by these Hevi-13 choke diameters.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">These are only trends to get you started. The only way to truly find the best one for your shotgun would be to try them all.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broken Brow, post: 512298, member: 34141"] [FONT=Arial]There is no way to guarantee that any choke will give you the best pattern in your gun, but you can use some basic information to get a good pattern with the fewest dollars invested. Hevi-Shot has done a bunch of the testing for you and you should take advantage of it. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Different shotguns have different bore diameters. A shotgun with a wider bore diameter will require a wider choke diameter than a gun with a tighter bore diameter to get the same pattern density. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]This is what Hevi-Shot produces for Hevi-13 choke diameters (12 gauge):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B]Description___________________H-13 Choke Diameter[/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Beretta/Benelli Turkey_______________0.656[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Winchester/Invector Turkey___________0.662[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Remington Turkey__________________0.662[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Browning Invector Plus Turkey_________0.664[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Benelli Crio Plus Turkey______________0.667[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Beretta Optima Plus Turkey___________0.671[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Mossberg 835/935 Turkey____________0.676[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Now you have a starting poin[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]t to shoot Hevi-Shot, Remington HD, Winchester Xtended Range, Hevi-13, and [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]ITX Extreme Turkey Trauma-13[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] However, you don’t necessarily need to buy a Hevi-13 choke. Rhino, [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial]Pure Gold, Indian Creek, and Jelly Head are 4 major choke makers that produce chokes that are close to these choke diameters.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]For example, the Hevi-13 Remington choke diameter is .662. Both Jelly Head and Rhino both make chokes in .660 for Remington, which is very close. Those would be good to try as alternatives. Some choke makers will also make custom choke diameters on request.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Federal Heavyweight is not designed to be shot in ported chokes. You will be limited to the Pure Gold Tempest or other non-ported chokes for that load.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]TSS is a different animal and will probably not be optimized by these Hevi-13 choke diameters.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]These are only trends to get you started. The only way to truly find the best one for your shotgun would be to try them all.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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