After a little research I decided on a Primos Jelly head choke for my daughters 20 gauge 870 express youth. Got her out last weekend to pattern a few different loads. We shot 3″ Hevi Shot blended 5,6,7’s – Winchester 3″ Double X in 5 shot and some real old Remingtons 2 3/4″ 5 shot. The surprise was that the old Remingtons patterned the best. We were able to get from 7-10 pellets in the spine or head all the way out to about 35 yards. The Hevi shot was a close 2nd with around 5-7 pellets in the killing area. The Winchester double X were terrible. with only 1-3 in killing area ( These are the loads that pattern the best out of my 870 12 gauge. Given the cost and extra 1/4″ of shell I’d have expected the Hevi shot to pattern a little better than they did. I was a little unsure if it could have been her shooting but I shot both loads and got the same results. Being that the results were close I may have her shoot the Hevi shot just for the little extra boost. Not sure if those old Remingtons shells have the same power. I guess that is why it is so important to pattern each gun with different loads
April 17, 2014 at 8:17 am
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