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What Choke For Decoying?


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What choke do members use for decoying?

 

I'm presently on the default 1/4 + 1/2 for my B525 (used successfully for clays) and my first outing the other day resulted in a very uncomfortable number of 'winged' birds with 7 1/2 shot. OK, I need to switch over to 5 or 6-shot for rough shooting, but should I also look to tighten the choke a little (e.g. to say 1/2 and 3/4 or even 1/2 and full)?

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i use 1/4 in both and use both 6 and 7.5 if birds are decoying close i use 7.5 in first barrel with good affect as long as birds in around 30 yards and remember to keep that gun moving

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Thanks again gents, I'm going to stick with the present choke config for now (not least to save changing between clays and rough shooting) and just move to 6-shot in the top barrel.

 

I use Hull Super Fast Fibre 27g 7 1/2 shot for clays. Are these generally also ok for pigeons over decoys (for the bottom barrel - 1/4 choke) or would it be better to upgrade the load to ~30g+, as well as moving to 6-shot in the top barrel (1/2 choke)?

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open and 1/4.......the whole point of decoying is to get em close enuff to shoot em 25-35 yds..then it dosnt matter what cartridge you use or what lenght barrells you have...if you have too tight a choke and close shooting you mash em up...........

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open and 1/4.......the whole point of decoying is to get em close enuff to shoot em 25-35 yds..then it dosnt matter what cartridge you use or what lenght barrells you have...if you have too tight a choke and close shooting you mash em up...........

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