lowlander Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 hi all my old macnab lowlander came with five chokes, they are ,full, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4 and cylinder, but which one is the skeet choke??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Outlaw Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 hi all my old macnab lowlander came with five chokes, they are ,full, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4 and cylinder, but which one is the skeet choke??? None of them mate skeet is an open choke that just creates a slightly better pattern than cylinder, it is however more open than 1/4. I am short of skeet chokes but a gunsmith I know said if Idrop a full and skeet in to him he will open the full out to skeet for me costing £10. Tjhat could be an option for you if you want a skeet choke. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 shoot cylinder its good enough for skeet, most birds being inside the 22 yd mark. the skeet choke is only a .005" restriction on cyl Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexm Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) It's actually a bit confusing because I think the definition of 'Skeet' choke varies by manufacturer. Beretta's 'Skeet' choke is actually more open than the one they label 'Cylinder' (which is actually improved cylinder in English money - see table I posted before). Here is Beretta's 'Cylinder' (bottom) and 'Skeet' (top) mobilchoke (what I call improved cylinder and true cylinder) You can probably just about see the difference in the thickness of the walls of the choke by eye... (the one on the right is Beretta's 'Skeet' choke)... My rusty old vernier calipers make the internal diameters at the muzzle: 'Cylinder' (English Improved Cylinder) 0.712" 'Skeet' (English True Cylinder) 0.724" So (if you trust my calipers?!) even Skeet is offering a tiny amount of choke on the nominal 12g bore of 0.729" but it is clearly more open than what Beretta call 'Cylinder'. Edited January 15, 2008 by alexm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Outlaw Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 In practice it is known Italian guns generally have a 10 thou difference in the bore, normally smaller than most other makes of gun. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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