3.5" 2 1/4 OZ HEVI 13 #6 THRU AN INVECTOR PLUS BARREL?????? WHAT CHOKE???

[SKFOOTER]

For those of you who shoot this combination, what choke did you end up with and why??

[mudhen]

.665 IC.

Many chokes patterned well, the IC patterned the best for me in my BPS, Silver, and Gold.

mudhen

[SKFOOTER]

Thanks Mudhen.  What kind of 40 yard pattern did you get (pellets in 10" circle) and did you pattern that load thru a Kick's .670??

[camodawg]

I've also got an indian creek .665 in my win sx3. I got 203 in the 10 @ 40yds with hevi 3 1/2, 2.25 #6 and got 192 with the magblends. These numbers were from shells I bought in 2011. I just bought some new from rogers I'm going to  pattern this weekend.

[mudhen]

Thanks Mudhen.  What kind of 40 yard pattern did you get (pellets in 10" circle) and did you pattern that load thru a Kick's .670??

I retest every year, not done any this year so far.

Last year, I was getting 180-230 with every shot, using a Blurris Fast Fire II....

I've tried many .670, shoot fine, 150-180 range, but the IC does a bit better.

Now with 5's, the .670 would probably be good too...

mudhen

[teke]

IC .665 in my SX3 only difference I shoot #7's

[allaboutshooting]

For those of you who shoot this combination, what choke did you end up with and why??

Keith,

I have several 3.5" chambered guns with Invector+ barrels but I normally use 3" shells in them unless I'm trying a new choke and want to see what the results are with 3.5" and 3" shells. That's really the only reason I keep any 3.5" turkey shells around. I just find that the 3" shells do everything that's needed.

I'm able to get 180 - 190 consistently, in turkey hunting temperatures, 40s, with 3" Hevi-13 shells with #6 shot and get patterns that don't have large gaps in them.

I'm looking very seriously at the quality of patterns and not just the numbers of hits in a 10" circle. Gaps larger than 1.5", where you can place a 1.5" circle and not touch a hole that a pellet has made, are what I'm using as a standard.
No pattern is perfect but if you have those kinds of gaps, or several of them, regardless of the numbers, you may want to look at a way to improve the pattern. Again, I'm speaking of patterns shot in actual temperatures in which most of us shoot turkeys in the spring and fall.

With the increased price of all turkey shells, I believe we need to look at a way to get more meaningful information from the patterns from the fewer shells most of us will be shooting.

Thanks,
Clark

Thanks,
Clark

[Gold Spur]

I shoot a NWTF Browning Gold with Indian Creek BDS .665. I hunt with H-13, 3.5, 7's with excellent results. The pellet count in a 10" circle at 40 yds. is consistently over 300 hits. When I first used this combo I was only getting 270 hits until I tried Clark's deep cleaning trick. Before H-13 started making 7's, I shot there 3.5" 6's. With the 6's, I was getting 180, hits but that was before the deep cleaning.

[WNY Bowhunter]

I'm using a Pure Gold .670 on my 3.5" Browning BPS.  I've also tried an Indian Creek .665 and a .675 as well.  The PG patterned the best for me followed closely by the IC .675.  The IC .665 didn't impress me too much...

[TheSportsman]

.670 PG for me too!