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.662 H-13 vs. .660 JH Choke in Rem
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<blockquote data-quote="Broken Brow" data-source="post: 637863" data-attributes="member: 34141"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Got some nice weather this week, so I did a little shooting. On opening day, hunting temperatures normally start at around 35 degrees in the morning and hit 60 degrees in the afternoon. On a warm day it might hit 70 degrees and at that temperature, my pattern maxes out at 57 yards. So I spend time patterning at that distance and check the results against the temperature.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When I shot it was only 58 degrees. At that temperature, I know I can get killing patterns out to 55 yards. I decided to pattern at 57 yards to see what would happen. At 57 yards, I still averaged 101 pellets in the 10, but the actual pattern counts ranged anywhere from 88 to 117. Since a number of patterns started dropping below the 100-pellet minimum, I made the decision to stick with my original 55-yard max and only stretch it out on the warmest days.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Jelly head choke shot slightly better than the H-13 choke, but they are very close. On different days at different distances, I have actually seen the results reversed. It would take a lot of shooting to really verify any difference due to the normal pattern variation that is seen.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">One thing of note. When approaching 60 yards, I do see a difference in POI between the 2 chokes. In my gun the Jelly head shoots a little lower, so be careful about interchanging chokes at long range.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broken Brow, post: 637863, member: 34141"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Got some nice weather this week, so I did a little shooting. On opening day, hunting temperatures normally start at around 35 degrees in the morning and hit 60 degrees in the afternoon. On a warm day it might hit 70 degrees and at that temperature, my pattern maxes out at 57 yards. So I spend time patterning at that distance and check the results against the temperature.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]When I shot it was only 58 degrees. At that temperature, I know I can get killing patterns out to 55 yards. I decided to pattern at 57 yards to see what would happen. At 57 yards, I still averaged 101 pellets in the 10, but the actual pattern counts ranged anywhere from 88 to 117. Since a number of patterns started dropping below the 100-pellet minimum, I made the decision to stick with my original 55-yard max and only stretch it out on the warmest days.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]The Jelly head choke shot slightly better than the H-13 choke, but they are very close. On different days at different distances, I have actually seen the results reversed. It would take a lot of shooting to really verify any difference due to the normal pattern variation that is seen.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]One thing of note. When approaching 60 yards, I do see a difference in POI between the 2 chokes. In my gun the Jelly head shoots a little lower, so be careful about interchanging chokes at long range.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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