Rob Roberts

[Bobcat1944]

I was thinking about getting my forcing cone lengthen gun cerakoted and pattern tested, I have Carlson choke tubes was thinking about getting Rob Roberts tripple threat, is it worth the extra money, from those who have had work done by Rob Roberts 

[bambihunter]

Does your shotgun not currently shoot good patterns? If not, have you tried other choke tubes? I have used Carlson in the past, but when I have bought additional Benelli's in recent years, a lot of them didn't come with all the chokes so I tried Carlson. I found they didn't pattern at least as tight, and sometimes not as round of a pattern as the OEM factory ones (mine are all the older Mobil type). 8-10 choke tubes across 2 gauges isn't really much of a sample size for good conclusion, but that was my experience.

I've never really looked into forcing cone changes on my Benelli because they shoot great already, but can that be done on Benelli's chrome lined barrel? It only specifically excludes the Benelli 828u, maybe it can be done.

His products are great and he does good work. I don't however like his bright logo on his products.

As far as pattern testing, it may not be as accurate as his, but you can pattern it yourself. Any type of a solid rest, and a sheet of cardboard/corrugated. The size you'll need depends on how far back you are going to be and which choke you are going to use. I'd recommend testing all the chokes. Just shoot the load(s) you are going to use and measure, and note the concentricity  of it. With some masking tape to cover the holes, you can use the same sheet more than once but if you use a new one each time, you can write the load/choke/distance on each one and do the calculations at home later. You might find one type of ammo that doesn't pattern well. Or, you might find that one single choke is awful and the rest aren't too bad. Before I bought and started using my Benelli SBE back in '94, I had several different shotguns. One of them would shoot 7.5 shot fine, wouldn't shoot 8 shot worth a damn, and shoot 9 shot well. It had a fixed choke so really couldn't experiment much with it. I tried different ammo and to a degree, they all did the same thing. Finally, I just adjusted what I shot and stopped using 8 shot at all in that gun.

[Bobcat1944]

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