Chokes and loads

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I am with Fabs on this one. Ya gotta try load/choke/gun combos before you say whats good and bad.
That being said, I have had great luck with Hastings and Colonial chokes in my 1300's. My best is my own custom tubes.(plug,wink,plug) But you cant go wrong with the aftermarket stuff. The factory stuff is good too! They dont just throw random crap into the guns as they come off the line. They spend tons of coin on R and D for the tubes that work in their guns.

There is no substitution for range time. Invest a little on a couple of tubes(ridiculous, I know) and see what does best with the shot size you use.

I have a 1300 with a backbored barrel, lengthened forcing cone and a .655 long taper wad stopper choke with Winchester XX 3" #5 shot I can keep 100% in a 25" circle at 35 yards. The pattern density is predominantly the size of a softball With a handful of flyers. I can get it tighter with my own handloads, but not enough to make me not shoot the XX's.


Cy