pipes51 Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 I bought a new SBII last year. I want to go turkey hunting this year. Can someone reccommend a good choke? I seen some crio turkey choke on benelli's site, is that good? Also maybe a recommendation on what ammo I might try. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk47 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I just posted this in the thread above but might as well post it hear also. http://www.nitrocompany.com/ go to that website and it will tell you what type of choke and ammo to buy for your gun. Its amazing stuff, but it is expensive, and can be hard to find. Its worth every penny considering i might only shoot 4 or 5 rounds in a year. I use it in my vinci and SBE. Cant tell any difference in the patterning really. I have a jelly-head in the SBE and rhino choke in the Vinci. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 here is a pic of the patteren im getting from my m2 20 gauge wwith 26 inch barrel. the tube is from indian creek in mo. it is the best patteren i have ever gotten at 35 yards from a turkey tube................................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapshooter1 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 I had good results with carlson's turkey choke in my M2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1 Shooter Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I've had good luck with my jelly head choke in my 870. I would say all the chokes mentioned are good chokes. I also would consider pure gold. You might want to look at oldgobbler.com. It's a good turkey hunting sight and has alot of good info (this is a great site too). By the way I'm shooting H-13 31/2 #7s with my jelly head and getting 300 pellets in a 10" circle at 40yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kybagger Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I would recemend a Indian creek or a Jelley Head using Hevi shot ammo 5,6 or 7 shot that does pretty well with the crio choke guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranz Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) You might consider contacting Rob Roberts at gobblerguns.com His company does the Benelli modifications for their Performance Shop SBE II Turkey Guns. Took my M4 to him last week for the "forcing cone" modification and to be patterned for the best choke/shell combination. The results are beyond belief...260 pellets in a 10" circle at 40 yards using 3" 1-3/4oz Hevi-Shot 13 with mixture of 7.5 & 8 shot loads using his choke. Edited February 15, 2011 by Tranz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novaking Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 You might consider contacting Rob Roberts at gobblerguns.com His company does the Benelli modifications for their Performance Shop SBE II Turkey Guns. Took my M4 to him last week for the "forcing cone" modification and to be patterned for the best choke/shell combination. The results are beyond belief...260 pellets in a 10" circle at 40 yards using 3" 1-3/4oz Hevi-Shot 13 #6 loads using his choke. I thought Briley did all the work on there turkey guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranz Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) According to the Benelli website; Partnered with world-renowned gunsmiths like Briley Mfg and Rob Roberts Custom Gunworks. Rob (Gobbler Guns) does all the turkey guns and Briley does the rest. Guess we were both right!! Edited January 15, 2011 by Tranz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronward9 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 i have a Comp-N-Choke XXX Full that is awesome! Patterns great with Winchester 3 1/2" #5's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmescher Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Call me crazy but I would go with nothing more than the HS Undertaker. Took my first bird with it and blew the entire neck bone out of it. I have taken several birds between 40-45 yards. I watched my buddy use my gun to down one at 84 yards. I am not making this up, used rangefinder to confirm. Several of my friends have bought one in the past five years and no complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipes51 Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Tranz, how much did it all cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlMac Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I test fired many different chokes & loads for my SBE ll until I settled upon the factory flush mount full choke and Federal MagShok Heavyweight 3.5" no. 7. The shells are expensive, but any turkey you shoot at within 45 yards will ride in your truck if you hold it 2" below the wattles when you pull the trigger. The full choke that came with my gun measures 0.685 and shoots those Heavyweight 7's (and 6's) considerably better than all the afermarket extended chokes I tried. I even had Rhino custom make me a non-ported version since the FliteControl wad is specifically designed not to be stripped away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipes51 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Can you tell me where to buy the shells and about how much they cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlMac Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Cabela's---$27.99 per five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranz Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Tranz, how much did it all cost? Go to http://www.gobblerguns.com and look at pricing sheet for services offered. Less than $200 for the work performed and new .655 choke tube on my M4, but I only live 25 miles from the shop, so shipping was not involved. I purchased Hevi 13 shells from Mid-South Shooters Supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudhen Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I bought a new SBII last year. I want to go turkey hunting this year. Can someone reccommend a good choke? I seen some crio turkey choke on benelli's site, is that good? Also maybe a recommendation on what ammo I might try. Thanks This subject has been going round and round for years. The real issue is that Benelli bores are all over the bored. Get it?, bored You don't really know what you have unless it's mic'ed. You might have a .718 that is finicky. You might have a .723 that is easy to work with. I have found that SBE's need a little field work to find out what works best. What kills one bird, might not work for the rest. If you are a weekend warrior, and might only get out a few times, then the factory full or some cheapy choke like the Undertaker might work. But if you seriously pursue them, these cheap options might let you down some day. There are three aftermarket chokes that seem to be pretty well accepted in the turkey community for the SBE II: Primos Jellyhead .660 Rhino .660 Indian Creek .660+- All of these with any decent new wave #6's or #7's, should work fine. H-13 seems to big pretty popular, and I've shot around $1000 worth of it, but it's slow at 1090 fps, and not perfect in my opinion. I will probably keep shooting it for now, but I still think the Winchester Xtended Range shells at 1225 fps are a good option. All of these things can be bought at places like: www.cabelas.com www.bassproshops.com www.mackspw.com www.midsouthshooterssupply.com www.midwayusa.com This place is great, but there is much more turkey info at www.oldgobbler.com Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keep_m_kupt Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I use a SBE II with a waterfowl barrel and have spent $100's upon $100's on chokes and different loads and my best pattern has been Hevi 13's in 2oz with my Indian Creek 0.665!!! I'd post pics but haven't got enough posts yet. I'm working on it! It put 234 #6's in a 9.75" circle at 40 yards. at 20 yards my pattern is about 4" :S. I'm adding a scope this year. I haven't missed with stock sights but it will happen soon enough! kupt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondster Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I used the Jellyhead with my first SBE and it worked really well. When I purchased my SBE II, I purchased another Jellyhead, but I have not had the same results. The pattern really opened up regardless of the ammo used. I just purchased one of the Hevi-shot Turkey chokes and it is .667. I called and spoke with one of the Techs and he said that during testing they found that .660 was to much constriction for the SBE II and that the .667 worked really well with all of there turkey loads. He said that some people were even reporting good results using the Dead Coyote loads with the Turkey choke. The weather has prevented me from getting out and pattering different loads, but hopefully it will ease up and I can get out in the next couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranz Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 i have a Comp-N-Choke XXX Full that is awesome! Patterns great with Winchester 3 1/2" #5's.... I too have a XXXFull, but got an additional 30 pellets in the 10" with a .655 Final Strut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I used the Jellyhead with my first SBE and it worked really well. When I purchased my SBE II, I purchased another Jellyhead, but I have not had the same results. The pattern really opened up regardless of the ammo used. I just purchased one of the Hevi-shot Turkey chokes and it is .667. I called and spoke with one of the Techs and he said that during testing they found that .660 was to much constriction for the SBE II and that the .667 worked really well with all of there turkey loads. He said that some people were even reporting good results using the Dead Coyote loads with the Turkey choke. The weather has prevented me from getting out and pattering different loads, but hopefully it will ease up and I can get out in the next couple of weeks. Yes, I was given similar info......was told to try the Hevi 13 #6 shot and the Mag Blend in the Hevi 13 .667 choke. Cablelas had them on sale @ $49. The choke arrived the other day, will be getting the ammo soon....next week or two I will find out what my SBE 2 will do. Last year I used my SuperNova with a trulock .665 Fed Flite control #5.....so if my SBE 2 gets poor patterns will be using the SuperNova. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondster Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I finally got out and shot the new Hevi-Shot choke tube. I was shooting from 40 yards and measuring the pellets in an 11" circle. I shot my best group using the Remington Hevi-shot 3" #6. I put 177 pellets in the 11" circle. The next best was the Hevi-shot 3 1/2 #6, with 158 pellets in the 11" circle. I was initially dissapointed with the results, until I read an article in the April issue of Outdoor Life. The article compared the test results of the Hevi-shot choke with several other brands of choke tubes using different loads. The test results were consistent with the results that I exprerienced, with the exception that they performed the test at 40 yards measuring the pellets in a 12" circle instead of 11". If I counted the pellets around the perimeter of the circle the results would have been pretty much the same. The test results from Outdoor Life showed the Hevi-shot combo out performed the others tested. I haven't tested the other chokes that they were using, but I can say that there test results were consistent with mine and that the Hevi-shot choke definitely out performs the Jellyhead that I wanted to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudhen Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I finally got out and shot the new Hevi-Shot choke tube. I was shooting from 40 yards and measuring the pellets in an 11" circle. I shot my best group using the Remington Hevi-shot 3" #6. I put 177 pellets in the 11" circle. The next best was the Hevi-shot 3 1/2 #6, with 158 pellets in the 11" circle. I was initially dissapointed with the results, until I read an article in the April issue of Outdoor Life. The article compared the test results of the Hevi-shot choke with several other brands of choke tubes using different loads. The test results were consistent with the results that I exprerienced, with the exception that they performed the test at 40 yards measuring the pellets in a 12" circle instead of 11". If I counted the pellets around the perimeter of the circle the results would have been pretty much the same. The test results from Outdoor Life showed the Hevi-shot combo out performed the others tested. I haven't tested the other chokes that they were using, but I can say that there test results were consistent with mine and that the Hevi-shot choke definitely out performs the Jellyhead that I wanted to replace. In my opinion, what bird is going to survive 158-177 pellets in the 11" at 40 yards? None You have a pretty good pattern I think! While I am always searching for the golden pattern, I always try to remember that birds move, flinch, duck, etc. and maybe a more full & even pattern at 40 yards is not such a bad thing. Add in a few close up misses with patterns the size of a soft ball, and maybe there is something to be said for the nice even pattern?.... Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I shot my SBE 2 with a 26" barrel....results with 2 different loads, measured true 40yds to target. Both loads were 3.5" shells. Federal Flite Control #5 shot/2oz @ 40yds 99 pellets in a 10" circle (factory full choke) Hevi-13 #6 shot-1 3/4oz @ 40yds 152 in a 10" circle (Hevi shot choke .667) note: I did not clean the barrel or chokes, not sure if clean barrel makes better pattern or not? Im looking forward to see the Hevi-13 performance on a long beard next month in Md. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondster Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 In my opinion, what bird is going to survive 158-177 pellets in the 11" at 40 yards? None You have a pretty good pattern I think! While I am always searching for the golden pattern, I always try to remember that birds move, flinch, duck, etc. and maybe a more full & even pattern at 40 yards is not such a bad thing. Add in a few close up misses with patterns the size of a soft ball, and maybe there is something to be said for the nice even pattern?.... Good luck! I agree 100%, and I'm not saying that I'm not happy with the results, but I just really don't understand how some people are getting the results they get using off the shelf chokes and ammo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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