What choke sizes do i need?

[blacky]

I have just got my SGC and have just got a Browning Medallist it has four chokes with the gun 1/4, 1/2, skeet, and cylinder do i need to a 3/4 and full choke as i am getting a bit confused about all the sizes?

 

Thanks

[John_R]

Put 1/4 in the bottom barrel and 1/2 in the top and that'll do for practically everything.

[humperdingle]

Don't get too caught up in the choke argument, mate. A 1/2 choke will do for most targets you're likely to have a pop at.

 

Personally, I like a tighter choke. Purely because it's then 99% down to me if I miss a shot... You can't blame the choke for throwing a too open pattern.

 

For skeet etc, a much more open choke can be used because the targets are at a known, close distance.

[The Essex Hunter]

I have just got my SGC and have just got a Browning Medallist it has four chokes with the gun 1/4, 1/2, skeet, and cylinder do i need to a 3/4 and full choke as i am getting a bit confused about all the sizes?

 

Thanks

 

As John R said, they will do you well, stick with those untill you feel the need to up the choke as you improve to take longer birds, as the dont all land in the sweet spot you have set up.......

One thing for sure is, that no two birds will ever be the same as you have nailed the one before.................

 

TEH

[blacky]

Thanks for the advice

[blacky]

Put 1/4 in the bottom barrel and 1/2 in the top and that'll do for practically everything.

 

Do i fire the bottom barrel first?

[humperdingle]

Do i fire the bottom barrel first?

For a target that's going away, you'd normally want to shoot the open choke first (While it's closer)

[wymberley]

Do i fire the bottom barrel first?

Choking each barrel differently is designed to give you a choice. Try to estimate the range that the pigeon will be when you pull the trigger and fire whichever barrel that you think appropriate. When faced with more than one target, concentrate on the one that you thought you'd shoot first and don't change your mind or you'll not hit any. OK, at first you may have to leave a second bird because you chose the choke barrel first and the other is now out of range (may be the other way round and the choke barrel is too much for a close bird) but you dropped one and it won't be long before you get the hang of picking your shots.

As said, 1/4 by 1/2 is fine, but also as said, 3/4 is handy. For the common 32g #6, going up one degree of choke gives you less than one pellet per pigeon in the effective pattern. You may just find that once you get the hang of it all that 1/4 by 3/4 has some merit.

Good luck

[clayman]

Do i fire the bottom barrel first?

 

Yes, on an U/O it is optimum to reduce muzzle flip by firing the bottom barrel first. The pressure line of the bottom barrel on an U/O goes directly into the heel of the stock, while the pressure line of the upper barrel goes above the heel, lifting the gun ( muzzle flip) when you fire it.

[blacky]

Thanks Clayman.

[wymberley]

Thanks Clayman.

Yep, clayman is correct as usual. My answer referred to live quarry shooting, not clays where you can change your choke to suit.

Cheers