Youth Model 870 21" barrel

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Youth Model 870 21" barrel

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Have a new project with a Youth model 870 with 21" barrel. Shooting some 1 5/8oz. #9s TSS loads and looking for the best choke. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
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In my special field 20ga with a 21" barrel I run an Indian ck. 555.
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What are your pattern goals?
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01Foreman400 wrote:What are your pattern goals?

With this typical gun for my grandfather I'm wanting a 250-300 10" 200-250 20". I'm myself like 300+ 10". At 40yds
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I'm gonna be honest. It's hard to say. None of my 870 21" barrels like open chokes. I had to choke the crap out of them to get the numbers I wanted. I ran IC555 and IC562. If you want a choke that is guaranteed to shoot good consistent patterns go with the IC. The others mentioned...Carlsons 575/585 etc could do just fine but your going to have to shoot in your gun to find out. I couldn't get 200 in the 10" with any of them.


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I have an ic 555 in my daughters 870 and I don't know the numbers of the top of my head but I know it was good enough that ididn't feel the need to fool with it. In other words I haven't seen anything that would flatout clean its clock.
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Youth Model 870 21" barrel

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gophert wrote:I'm gonna be honest. It's hard to say. None of my 870 21" barrels like open chokes. I had to choke the crap out of them to get the numbers I wanted. I ran IC555 and IC562. If you want a choke that is guaranteed to shoot good consistent patterns go with the IC. The others mentioned...Carlsons 575/585 etc could do just fine but your going to have to shoot in your gun to find out. I couldn't get 200 in the 10" with any of them.


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Gophert, my 870 youth model was exactly the same way. All I could find on the forum was how a Carlson 575 or a Remington Super Full should work...not mine I tried em both. I also tried a Sumtoy 562. Then I ordered an IC. They sent me a 562 and I tried it but sent it back for a 555. My gun responds well to more choke.


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The Remington Ext SF lead only is pretty salty with TSS. It does 300 out of my 21" bbl youth model 870.
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I went with an IC .570 which gave 290/290 with 9's and an IC .562 with 8's which gave 215/200.
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Anyone got a short bbl they wanna part with? Got a 26 I'll trade
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Mine shot 240s with Carlson's 575 extended, 240s with an undertaker .575
260s with Jebs 560 non ported and the same with an Indian Creek 555.
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It seems like on the guns I'm loading for the shorter the barrel you have the tighter your choke needs to be.
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