Chard Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 1/4 and 1/4 for me too. Can't remember the last time I changed a choke, but I recall that it was a mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Again I used to use 1/4 and 1/4 for everything. I then lost confidence in them while shooting pigeons as there were several that were big puffs of feathers in the air and they carried on flying. I then changed to 1/2 and 1/2 which I felt was a bit tight for some of the closer stuff. I now use 3/8 in both barrels. I do not see why you should have a different choke in each barrel as there is no garantee that the second bird on a sporting layout will be further away, or the first one for that matter. It is all about what works in your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Most course setters will put one bird a tad further away, hence the reason why I tighten up a bit and can flip barrels with the selector as and when appropriate. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmsy Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 well i find tight chokes work better for me. anything less than half i have no confidence in at all (which is probably more important than choke). i took my old super full choke remington out last weekend and straighted the 50 bird layout. might have to start using the old thing a bit more i reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Quarter and half will do for 95% of your shooting;if you miss,it wont be because you have the wrong chokes in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explorer Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 I my POV it all depend on what cartridge you are shooting and for what purpose, the choke type you are using can also give a little variation in the pattern For my F3 I done some patterning with different steel cartridges trough Briley Spectrum and Teague super extended, Teague came out with the best results as it has 3-5 different chokes with nice patterns for each load where Briley could only show nice patterns with 1-2 chokes. Currently I use Kent Club steel (#7,5 pellets) for sporting and the 24 gram gives nice patterns trough 1/2 - 5/8 and 3/4, the 28 gram gives nice patterns trough skeet - 1/4 - 3/8 - 1/2 and 5/8 I use Shotgun Insight to analyze my patterns, a very helpful software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 i use 1/2 and 3/4 in my sporter, full or half in my pump, and my sxs is labelled 1/2 and 1/1. but my sxs shoots patterns like 3/4 and extra full. which is very good for light cartridges, and long birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexfluke Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 I use cyilnder and skeet with ely 8s for clays in my beretta, and shot a 68 at hodnet in cats group. Have been tempted to change but dont know if it will make a difference I only shoot about twice a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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