I Want A New Choke Tube

[DirtTime]

I think I want to pick up a turkey choke tube for my Savage 320. I want to keep the cost around $30-40 so I'm looking at the Hunter Specialties Strut or the basic Carlsons turkey.

I like tormenting myself so I'm asking all you wonderful ladies and gentlemen (<---that's a joke for those who don't get dry humor) which you'd go with of these two.

Edited February 24, 2023 by DirtTime

[mowin]

What do you have now?  And is it throwing a good pattern? 

[DirtTime]

All I have left is the modified choke that came with the 320 and for turkey, it's too open. I had a 301 with the extra full tube, and that choke worked better on the 320 than it did on the 301. So, I'm looking to go with something a bit tighter than a basic full seeing it's also a 20GA.

 

[blackbeltbill]

If,I had to pick between  the two,I would pick HS Strut. 

[mowin]

Either one is a good tube, are they the same constriction? Too tight can make the pattern worse.  What load are you shooting? 

[Buckmaster7600]

What shells and shot size are you hoping to shoot?

 

also you get what you pay for in chokes there’s often good sales to be had on used chokes because every gun shell combo is different.

Edited February 24, 2023 by Buckmaster7600

[Belo]

I rock a puregold. Really popular on the oldgobbler forum back when I started to get into turkey. They're not cheap but offer an aggressive pattern if you're after one.

[DirtTime]

Shooting Winchester Double X #4 3" loads. I actually sent an email to Savage asking if there was a way to buy just the choke that comes with the 301 turkey special.

 

The Carlsons tube is made of steel. The HS Strut is a chrome-moly aircraft grade alloy. Odd, I was looking and for some reason, on Amazon, it says the material is plastic- I think that's a typo. 

[mowin]

Just now, DirtTime said:

Shooting Winchester Double X #4 3" loads. I actually sent an email to Savage asking if there was a way to buy just the choke that comes with the 301 turkey special.

 

The Carlsons tube is made of steel. The HS Strut is a chrome-moly aircraft grade alloy. Odd, I was looking and for some reason, on Amazon, it says the material is plastic- I think that's a typo. 

#4 is a little big for a 20g.  I'd go with 5's or 6's  to gain more pellets.  But if you've got a lot of the 4's I'd definitely try those first.  

With the larger 4s, I'd go with a .570. anything tighter, and the pattern might suffer. 

[DirtTime]

1 minute ago, mowin said:

#4 is a little big for a 20g.  I'd go with 5's or 6's  to gain more pellets.  But if you've got a lot of the 4's I'd definitely try those first.  

With the larger 4s, I'd go with a .570. anything tighter, and the pattern might suffer. 

The #4's pattern is great from the shotgun with that special choke, so I'm guessing a run-of-the-mill extra full choke would be close. I should have kept the choke from the 301 when it was traded.

 

 

 

I'm leaning toward the HS Strut. 

[dbHunterNY]

i was gonna give you a couple because we're closer but they'd be for a 12ga not 20ga. you might not be able to easily find the constriction when you're shopping around. patterns were tight but never even until i started using either PureGold or Indian Creek. longer tubes. with #4 shot you don't want an uneven pattern because you don't have much shot there.

[mowin]

3 minutes ago, DirtTime said:

The #4's pattern is great from the shotgun with that special choke, so I'm guessing a run-of-the-mill extra full choke would be close. I should have kept the choke from the 301 when it was traded.

 

 

 

I'm leaning toward the HS Strut. 

Funny thing is you can have two guns exactly the same, and toss the same load out of them and have two completely different results, lol.  

The HS is a good choice.  I shoot a primos jellyhead out of my 12g. 

[NYRturkeycall]

I had an undertaker choke on my stoeger m2000. Patterned real good and tight with Winchester super X 3-in number 5 I believe. I've since moved on to a Winchester SXP that includes the extra full choke. Haven't patterned it out yet though

[DirtTime]

59 minutes ago, NYRturkeycall said:

I had an undertaker choke on my stoeger m2000. Patterned real good and tight with Winchester super X 3-in number 5 I believe. I've since moved on to a Winchester SXP that includes the extra full choke. Haven't patterned it out yet though

Ah, experience. I am seriously leaning toward that choke.

 

 

 

I suppose I might have to see what I can find for ammo in #5 or #6. I'm not going to like buying ammo in this state, it's violating my boycott. Since I have to be in the area of a couple of shops over the weekend I'll look anyway.

[mowin]

33 minutes ago, DirtTime said:

Ah, experience. I am seriously leaning toward that choke.

 

 

 

I suppose I might have to see what I can find for ammo in #5 or #6. I'm not going to like buying ammo in this state, it's violating my boycott. Since I have to be in the area of a couple of shops over the weekend I'll look anyway.

If you have a good amount of 4's left, I'd go with a .570. no tighter.  It might work out fine.