I have a Remington 870 3” 28” barrel with a carlsons long beard Xr .660 choke. I was shooting Winchester long beard Xr 1 3/4 #6 at 50 yards. Didn’t give the pattern I wanted. Any ideas on new choke or loads. Don’t want to shoot tss to expensive

Just try some different loads-they all behave differently. It;s hard right now with limited ammo available but get a few different brands and bang away. You are on the right track with patterning-too many just buy a box and think they have a 70 yard combination.

I have REM choke wing master HD turkey/predator choke. I think it came with my gun, but I don’t remember. Shoot federal premiums high velocity 3 inch 1 3/4 ounce 5 shot (red box). Patterns well at 40 yards and will be forgiving for slight error in yardage judgement. Killed them out to 45 yards with load/choke combo a few times. 50 yards would be too much of a poke with the combo though, if you try it I’d stick with 40 yards and in, knowing that if you misjudge and they’re 45 yards they’ll be dead. If they’re 50 they’ll most likely fly away (my personal experience misjudging distance in field once).

Try a Kick's Gobblin' Thunder.

Love my longbeard Carlson choke like said above try some different combos shot size/ loads and brands.

Not longbeard ammo Browning ammo 30 yards.

The winchester long beards in #5 shoot way better in my 870 then the #6 do.

Indian creek choke tube. In a .665 or kicks gobbling thunder in .660 or .665

What exactly are you expecting at 50 yards? If TSS are too much you way want to consider shortening up your max range. You may or may not find a load/choke that shoots the way you want at that distance, particularly with only a 3” load.

What kind of numbers are you looking for and what are you getting? Try the same set up with # 5 shot and even # 4s. Are you getting the pattern your looking for at 40 yards? Lots of things that you can try, but that would be the first to try.

I have a fixed 30” full choke 3” 1100 barrel that shoots as well a 3” Hastings barrel I use a turkey choke in.

I shoot #6 lead shot.

Pattern is good at 35. I’m looking for a killing pattern at 50. I’ve tried the choke with lb #6 and double x #5 both didn’t do good at 50.

Odds are against you at 50 yards with a 3” shell and a stock 870. You’ll spend less on some TSS ammo than experimenting with chokes that still won’t likely give the pattern you’re looking for.

Just because the double x #5s did not shot well does not mean the LB won’t. The LB are in a different class than the old double x. Not that they won’t kill turkeys, have killed a pile with them. But unless you go with Hevi shot or SST it will be hard to outperform the LB. If you have the ammo, shoot 40, 45 then 50. To see where it starts to fall apart. You might find that the combo your shooting just won’t do it. You can also try the Mag loads with the LB, they have more shot but a little slower. I have seen that work wonders

Lose the #6 shot and call them closer than 50 yards. #4 shot will hit turkey harder than 6s especially down range. Bigger shot at same speed, difference in being run over with a dump truck versus a toyota, lol. If turkey real close it don’t really matter. Most my shots are 25-40 yards. Winchester double x magnum 2 3/4” #4s and it’s over. Remington 870 express with factory full choke, been using it for almost 30 years. I’ve killed more than 3 turkeys in my life so I guarantee you plenty of shot in the above mentioned load at 40 yards give or take.

Either a Kicks GT or Primos Jellyhead.
Or you can buy TSS. We started loading our own about 3-4 years ago before it was the cool thing to do. I shoot #9’s out of a custom choke for my 870 Youth 20ga. While it patterns great out to 50, I’ve miscalculated a few turkeys and have killed at 57 yards before. I prefer that 25-35 yard range...anything closer than 20 and I’m throwing a baseball size load, better be on him when they get that close, lol.

Jellyhead shoots great in my .870 , it’s silenced 2 birds per year in my woods for a bunch of years now!

Easiest solution is be a better hunter....get your birds inside 35 yards. stop trying to stretch things to the maximum. for the record I shoot an 870 SPS-T with a 23" barrel, last 35 or 40 turkeys i've killed have been with federal 2 3/4' #5's with the flight control wad.

Get off the greenfield and hunt them in the woods position so that to "see the hen" the bird is in range.

Another reason turkey hang up is overcalling, too loud, etc. Get in thick cover if possible and use topography against the bird with your calls. You won’t need to consider 50-60 yard shots. He be well in range.

Try 5 the kill better