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    I gained 5 yards per choke construction that I went down, using fc and an m4.

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    Just adding a data point - 21” 870, IC Remchoke, 10 yards. FC #1 on the left, old school H132 OO on the right. I wish the FC were a little tighter, bit I’ll try a Cylinder choke to see if that makes a difference. Note the wad impacts - FC punching through, traditional bounces off.

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  3. #33
    Quote Originally Posted by Norville View Post
    Just adding a data point - 21” 870, IC Remchoke, 10 yards. FC #1 on the left, old school H132 OO on the right. I wish the FC were a little tighter, bit I’ll try a Cylinder choke to see if that makes a difference. Note the wad impacts - FC punching through, traditional bounces off.

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    The cylinder choke most definitely will make a difference. At 10 yards and under my 590A1 is about the same as shooting slugs with FC. At 25 yards I can keep ALL pellets in the upper A-B zone on a USPSA target. It's mind blowing to me since I started my shooting life with shotguns on dove.
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    So I ordered a cylinder choke to try, and some 8 and 9 pellet OO Flite control. The weather is pretty lousy so I just tried the OO at 10 yards, same IC choke. When I can get to the the range for more testing I’ll try the CYL choke.
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    So I received the new Trulock CYL choke for my Benelli M4. Shot more Hornady TAP 00 Light Magnum, and while I totally spaced taking pics due to time constraints, it averaged 7-8" spread at 25 yards, which is definitely better than I was getting with the factory MOD choke. I'll be shooting it again soon, so I'll try to remember to grab some pics at 10-15-25y.

    Side note: I saw a POA/POI change from my original 25y zero using Honady TAP LM slugs through the MOD choke. The new CYL choke shot 3" high, so I made the appropriate corrections as I plan to stay with the CYL.

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    Finally tried the cylinder choke in the 21” barrel. Definitely tightened up the patterns. It looks like the 8 pellet is still in the wad at 10yards and the 9 and #1 are just released.

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    Out at 35 yards the results are interesting. 3 rounds of 8 pellet vs 3 rounds of #1. The 8 pellet seems to be 21/24 and the #1 I count 42/45 on the 24” square. The #1 hits above poa with the 8 pellet grouping around it. Have to give some thought to ammo selection after more testing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StraitR View Post
    I'm looking forward to seeing that ^^^^^.

    I patterned Hornady TAP 00 Light Magnum and TAP 00 Reduced Recoil loads yesterday in my Benell M4 with stock Modified mobil choke. The Hornady RR load patterned really well, but won't currently cycle the gun. The LM pattern was about double the size of the RR starting at 10 yards, and I'm thinking the greater velocity of the LM (1600fps*) vs the RR (1100fps*) combined with the Modified choke, is starting to strip the Flight Control/VersaTite wad prematurely causing the LM to open up quicker.

    I just placed an order with Trulock for a .725 Cylinder choke to see if that will help with the LM patterns.



    Obviously my shooting needs work, but yeah...the weapon works nicely.
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    25 yards, confirmed zero of rifle sights on my 18.5" cylinder bore 870 barrel with Truball Deep Penetrator load.

    Then checked POI of FFC #1 buck. POA was center of 4x6 card Attachment 32715
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