BPS with 28" Barrel. Looking to buy just 1 turkey choke.
Using Hevi13 7's and 6's
Lead 5's, 6's, and 7.5's
Kick's .670 or Jellyhead .670
The JH 670 throws a mean pattern in INV+
The wife just shot her Ladys Gold 12ga. with the JH .670, Win 2 3/4, turkey supreme's #6
Excellent pattern @ 30 yds, no pics, but she had 37 in the head and neck area on the target.
Jellyhead .670 throws a great pattern in my Browning gold.
I have a jellyhead choke in my gold shooting 3" hevi 6s and it will put over 200 in the 10 at 40 yds.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=219125345
I have an Indian Creek .665 in my 870, but I'm open to trying something different in my BPS.
What about an Invector Plus Preston Pitman Star Dot?
While I won't say that you won't get a good pattern from the Star Dot, they're really only "magic" in the overbored Mossbergs from everything I have read. Go with a .675 IC or .670 PG and you'll be in good shape, I've got a .665 IC in my Invector+ gun and while it throws a decent pattern, I wish I had a .675 looking back on it
I've got both an IC .665 and .675 for a BPS Invector + and have patterned them both w/ a variety of HTL shells. The .665 shines w/ the H-13. 7's and to a slightly lesser extent the 6's, but in my gun was too tight for the Mag-Blends. On the other hand, the .675 gave great even patterns w/ both the 6's and Mag Blends, but the % fell off slightly w/ the 7's. I wouldn't hesitate to hunt w/ either of them.
I use a PG .670 outta my 26" BPS for both H13 3-2-7's and Fed 3-2-7.5 Pb's.
My 3" gold classic stalker preferred a cheap non-ported Carlson to the jellyhead in h13 3-2-6 and with win hd #6s. I've had my best luck with non-ported Hastings.
Pure Gold 670
I'm using a PureGold .670 in my Browning NWTF BPS (24" barrel). I fired two rounds of Hevi-13 Magnum Blends this afternoon (12ga., 3", 2 oz. of 5-6-7). 10" shot counts were 146 & 132, 15" shot counts were 235 & 225 at 40 yards.
I found an INV+ Preston Pittman "Star Dot" Choke, hanging on a store shelf. I now own it.
.676-.682? in INV+
I also picked up a Primo's Dead Deer Buckshot Choke.
.700 in INV+
The Dead Deer Choke is .690 in RemChoke, and throws nice even patterns with Turkey loads and Squirrel loads, as well as very good 00 Buck patterns. I liked it so much in my 870, that I wanted one for my BPS.
I also picked up some large white posters, and I hope to pattern soon.
We have found that the 675 to 680 will shoot about anything you want to. We even have gone bigger with the Do All choke that will shoot ANY shell you want to. Steel, Buck Shot, and turkey loads.
QuoteI found an INV+ Preston Pittman "Star Dot" Choke, hanging on a store shelf. I now own it.
.676-.682? in INV+
I started to pick up a JellyHead .670 in INV+, but I figured that I would always have that option available, and this was the only INV+ Star Dot choke I knew of in Central Mississippi, so I got the SD instead.
INV+ Preston Pittman "Star Dot" Choke, .676-.682?
3" Bronze Hevi13 1.75 Ounce #6
BPS with 28" Barrel, at 55 Degrees
159 Pellets in 10" at 40 Yards
I counted a few snowmen pellets as two hits each, to compare to my 870's numbers from last year, with the same shell.
BPS at 55 Degrees with INV+ Star Dot in 28" Barrel = 159
870 at 70-80 Degrees with .665 Pure Gold in 28" Barrel = 157
870 at 70-80 Degrees with .665 Indian Creek in 28" Barrel = 155
With Hevi13, the Star Dot is as good as anything else.
Last Year I got 280 hits with a Star Dot and a Hevi13 3-2-7 shell in the 870.