Trulock, Carlson, Patternmaster, Kicks... What are we all running in our Maxus this coming turkey/duck season?
Re: Chokes! I like the look of the Browning Midas chokes, but am still searching for a justifiable reason to drop $40 each for them. I can't find anyone who says they pattern any better than the flush mount chokes. Plus I likely won't switch them often while shooting.
Re: Chokes! I've paid for a pattern master before and I kind of wish I wouldn't of. It's a good choke but way over priced. I think I am going to try Carlson this time for ducks. As far turkey I may try a jelly head a friend of mine has. Any thoughts? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
Re: Chokes! Trulock chokes seem to be most preferred by the pros, but others say a choke is a choke. What really matters is how the choke patterns in your gun, and I don't think anyone can tell you that a given choke tube will work best in your gun. For me, I want the convenience of a screw-in choke and also want something that looks good. I prefer the black color of the Browning Midas choke in my Maxus (Invector Plus) as compared to the Carlson or other brands. Of course functionality is #1 and looks #2. So far, I can't find anyone that says the Invector Plus extended tubes (Midas, Diana, or Diamond series) pattern any better than the standard, flush-mount tubes - so I have a hard time dropping $40 and more for them. So far I have not been in a hurry to change a choke tube, so the old wrench method with flush tubes will work for me, for now. I'll shoot skeet with SKT and sporting clays with MOD.
Re: Chokes! Can't disagree with others. Your mileage may vary, but this is my take: I researched steel shot pattern results on the web for the 28" Maxus with various chokes and discovered excellent results with Briley extended chokes. I wanted extended chokes with knurled grip for quick swapping in the field. I purchased and patterned Browning's extended Grand Passage chokes (made by Briley) in IC and IM. They are superb for Heavy Metal 3" #3 and #2 from a Maxus 28" barrel. The IM gives very dense 83-86% patterns w/o any holes in a 30" circle at 40 yards. I have to say that I prefer the IC for waterfowl over dekes. It thought it would be too open, but found it to be absolute money out to 40+ yards. Beat the heck out of last years shooting with my prior SBEII and Terror 675.
Re: Chokes! I tried a few different chokes today at 40yds. The Jellyhead seemed to be the best for me. Diameter was .670 Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
Re: Chokes! For ducks myself and friends with maxus all use Carlson's blackcloud choke (midrange) shooting winchester Xpert 1550fps #2 and blackcloud #2 for geese and we get good dense patterns.
All my shotguns wear trulock chokes. I've tried Carlson, pattermaster, briley and OEM browning. And I've always gotten the best patterns from trulock.
Every shotgun is different...hence the different choices you gentlemen have made...given the range and primary target.
I wasn't thrilled with the patterns of the stock chokes plus they collected the wad residue easily. I do mostly skeet so I bought a flush and extended, ported skeet choke for the hell of it, from Briely. With easily over 2000 rounds through both, there has been no residue build up at all. I bought an IC extended Briely's for trap and sporting clays and with at least 1000+ rounds it's still residue free.