Choke pattens

[Justpuffin]

Hi I need some help either finding a suitable web site or tapping someone's knowledge about Benelli semi-auto M2 choke patterning spread.

This is so I have the right choke fitted to a new gun for pigeon chasing.

Please help

[subsonicnat]

Depends on how good a shot you are,?..

Generaly 1/2choke will do all you want,But, if can shoot 50yds,Full Choke..

How good are you.?.

[wymberley]

A question that's impossible to answer. To make sense of it, you'll need to pattern your gun with your preferred cartridge through the various chokes you have available until you get the pattern you need. Should the latter choice be Hobsons, then 3/4 or Full do make sense as you can always find a cartridge that will shoot more open more easily than one which shoots tighter. Ideally, for pigeon you'll need 110 to 120 pellets in the central 20" of the pattern to be reasonably (90+%) certain of a clean kill with an accurate shot.

[figgy]

I tried the full in my m2 and it's a waste of time blew the pattern to hell with all sorts of results like donuts and long narrow spreads or tight clusters with most loads and carts I tried both clay and game carts. The 3/4 was very good and quite even spread as was the 1/2 choke.

 

Pattern yourself at thirty yards and closer like 16 yards and further out and see what you get. Then decide what's best for the ranges you shoot at. I like the least amount of choke I can get good kills with more margin for error so more in the bag and less shot in the meat.

[Stonepark]

As above, pattern the gun at 40 yards with your prefered good high antimomy cartridge (such as white gold) and ring through the chokes to compare.

 

The most effective choke you should use is the one which gives the best balance of even spread and largest number of pellets in 30 inch circle.

 

This may not be full choke, but as alluded to above could be 3/4 or even half.

[B&W FOX]

Fibre wad and Plas wad cartridges will give different results.

[Red-dot]

....."it's the bloke not the choke".

[wymberley]

....."it's the bloke not the choke".

True 90% of the time particularly over decoys when almost anything will get the job done. But if you're going to take up that remaining 10% and push to a sensible maximum, then the bloke needs the choke - and the right amount.

[Red-dot]

Possibly but i use 8 different shotguns... game, sporter, SBS 20 & 12, Trap, 28g, and i never change the chokes and couldnt tell you what the fixed chokes are. Some folks blame choking for pricking and missing when it is really as simple as bad shooting?

[wymberley]

Possibly but i use 8 different shotguns... game, sporter, SBS 20 & 12, Trap, 28g, and i never change the chokes and couldnt tell you what the fixed chokes are. Some folks blame choking for pricking and missing when it is really as simple as bad shooting?

I can relate to that. However, if you don't actually know what your choke is and therefore the gun/cartridge capability and assuming that like all the rest of us you do on occasion miss, how can you be sure of the reason why?

[Red-dot]

I cannot think of one time i missed due to choking. I know my capabilities and stay within that.

[motty]

Some people need a tight enough choke for the job. I remember very well a day on some peas a few years back. I had shot skeet a few days before, and still had my skeet choke in the auto. I had terrible results that day. The bag was 111, but should have been greater.

I prefer to use much tighter chokes these days.

[Justpuffin]

Thanks for all the replies, I will see my RFD for some large paper targets and get out in the woods, cheers everyone much appreciated.

[Guest cookoff013]

Some people need a tight enough choke for the job. I remember very well a day on some peas a few years back. I had shot skeet a few days before, and still had my skeet choke in the auto. I had terrible results that day. The bag was 111, but should have been greater.

I prefer to use much tighter chokes these days.

 

i did exactly that but at sporting, i usually shoot full, but i shot skeet, with cheap steel ages ago with cylinder choke, still had them in. i was using punchy soverign and couldnt get neat the target at all, a straight up face on. i then used my miroku with 21g loads that my buddy was using, hit everyone.

Edited August 16, 2017 by cookoff013