870 "Super Full" Choke and 00 Buck

[wrs840]

http://www.midwestgunworks.com/merc...ry_Code=remington-choke-tubes&Store_Code=mgwi

Anyone have an experienced or educated opinion on whether this choke on my 27" barrel Remington 870 would pattern 00 Buck out 80 to 100 yards effectively enough for reasonable possibility of takedown on a Coyote?

Thanks,
Les

 

[Virginian]

I'd bet money it won't work all that good. Generally, larger pellets respond well to less constriction than smaller pellets, and after a certain point the pattern gets worse instead of better. There is not a choke made that I know of that will throw a decent pattern of 00 buck past 60 yards. You may hit something with a pellet, but that is not a pattern. If you find anything that throws a good pattern to 80 yards even with #4 buck ot T shot, you can get rich if you can prove it.

 

[jojo200517]

I always had better results with less constriction on buckshot also, ironically my boxes of Remington 00 buckshot recommend full choke too. Always seemed to make it do weird **** for me. (ie completely inconsistent pattern)

 

[Kind of Blued]

Have you thought about slugs for coyote, or better yet, a rifle? I think many folks here would much rather see you obliterate a 'yote with a slug than hit one in the hind quarters with a single buckshot pellet and let it die a long, miserable death. Granted, you were simply asking a question, but it's something to think about.

 

[wrs840]

Slugs might be the ticket. Where I live, I could shoot South off the front porch with anything, since there are no neighbors in that direction and I'd be shooting "down" with backstop. Off the back porch, I'm shooting toward a 100 yards-away ridge (slightly "up") with two neighbors over that ridge, but within 600 yards, so a rifle is not an option. The Coyotes are out back and on that ridge sometimes. This is the challenge I'm looking for a shotgun to possibly solve, hence the desire for advice on a shotgun solution.

Les

 

[Gordon]

I killed 2 coyotes and maybe wounded a 3rd about 5 years ago with slugs in a Rem 1100 with a Russian gen 1+ (Yukon Sibir) . They were attacking a goat herd that just had babies and I expected them and my dogs and geese alarmed when they arrived yipping. First one killed with a KO was at about 100 feet while I leaned on fence post and it was grabbing a kid. Second on got pounded up the pooper at about 200 feet as it ran straight away.The 3rd stopped to look back from other side of corral about 400 feet out, I held about a foot high and I could swear I heard a yelp, but never found anysign.
The coyotes haven't been around in 2 years for some reason!
All that said I used to use #4Buck from a full choke, it works ok to about 50 yards max.

 

[bignotti]

Go to dixieslugs.com. Get the Tri-Ball II. Shoot them with a choke that has a constriction down to .690 to .700. You will be impressed.

 

[crowderdog]

I hunt coyotes with a shotgun quite frequently. I use 00 buck in 3" magnum 12 gauge. The best performing chokes for me are mod. or I.C.. However I have started using the Pattern Master Choke tube with outstanding results. The best aspect of the Pattern Master is that it gives me the tightest possible patterns with all of the different shot sizes I have fired through it (BB, 4b,1b,00,and 000). I have been quite impressed with this tube and would highly recommend it as a 50yd coyote taker.

 

[redneck2]

Actually, there is Hevi-Shot called Dead Coyote. Supposed to be good to 60 yards. I've killed three turkeys at 54, 62 and 66 yards with #5 Hevi-Shot out of my SP-10. All were DRT.

Personally, I'd size down on the shot size and make the pattern a little more full. With lead, it would be BB or #4 buck. You'll run out of pattern before you run out of pellet energy with large shot.

FWIW....I killed a coyote at about 120 yards with an 870 and Remington Copper Solids. It has a rifled barrel and 2x7 scope.

 

[JWF III]

I always had better results with less constriction on buckshot also, ironically my boxes of Remington 00 buckshot recommend full choke too. Always seemed to make it do weird **** for me. (ie completely inconsistent pattern)

All good info above. The tighter chokes will deform and flatten out a side of lead buckshot. This flat side catches the air and makes the pellets act just like a curveball.

Wyman

 

[30mag]

80 to 100 yards

Maybe with slugs, but with buckshot?
I doubt it.