leethunt Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) hi, could someone please tell me what shotgun chokes are/mean? i seen people say about 1/4 1/2 etc etc.. thanks. Edited May 14, 2008 by leethunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Mason Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 hello mate, im new to this aswell but i will try to help. as far as i know, and i may well be wrong. chokes go into the end of the barrels to reduce the spread of the shot, to allow you to shoot more accurately and at longer ranges ect. some are fixed and some are interchangable allowing for different sizes of shot patterns. i would have thought that a ''full choke'' would concentrate the shot the most and as you get bigger ie 3/4, 1/2, 1/4 the shot pattern would become wider. please correct this if im wrong because i need to know about this too thanks, taff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 I am sure that Bob will come along and give you a difinitive answer to this one . I n the mean time just go out and prentend your gun hasent got any chokes and enjoy your self . After you have learnt all about chokes you wont enjoy your self , as you will be wondering each time you put your gun up to a bird whether or not you have the right choke in the gun . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 I am sure that Bob will come along and give you a difinitive answer to this one . I n the mean time just go out and prentend your gun hasent got any chokes and enjoy your self . After you have learnt all about chokes you wont enjoy your self , as you will be wondering each time you put your gun up to a bird whether or not you have the right choke in the gun . Harnser . A lot of truth in that You don't want to get too hung up on it. I shoot with a half choke in both barrels and rarely change them. I occasionally bung a skeet (open) choke in for close stuff and occasionally go mad and put full chokes in to force myself to be more accurate and not rely on a wide spread But most (clay) shoots, I just stick to half and half. It is all too easy to get obsessive about it, if you're not careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Just for the record i use half and full in the over and under and half in the auto ,and same as chard i very rarely change them . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 i use 1/2 and 3/4 in all my guns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Well if Bob is not going to tell you what chokes are i will try and give you some idea of what it means . Choke means the amount of constriction in the muzzel end of the barrels . The tighter the constriction the tighter the choke . The tighter the choke the further the shot is compressed together as it leaves the barrel ,there for in therory allows you take longer shots because there will be more pellets in the standard 30 inch circle of the shot gun pattern . The more open chokes are normally used for closer range shooting . Shooting over decoys ,skeet shooting and some sporting clay targets . Generally chokes are from the most open to the tightest . True cylinder ,improved cylinder ,half choke , three quarter choke , and full choke .There are many variations on the chokes theme and what i have quoted are proberbly the most comman . Dont get to involved with chokes untill you get a bit of experiance .Every body will tell you different things about chokes ,and what chokes to use . Hope it makes sense to you . I am sure some one else will come along and add to this post that i have missed out . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) feel like choking myself after digesting that. i would guees that the end of the barrel has to be threaded then? so, full choke is when they form a tighter group, and open is a wider spread? what about the older guns you see? are they choked, or are they altered at a later stage? :yp: there is a lot to learn about this Edited May 15, 2008 by martinmoreton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 feel like choking myself after digesting that. i would guees that the end of the barrel has to be threaded then? so, full choke is when they form a tighter group, and open is a wider spread?what about the older guns you see? are they choked, or are they altered at a later stage? :yp: there is a lot to learn about this Martin , Multi choke guns are threaded at the muzzel so that you can screw in different chokes . None multi choke guns are normally choked from the factory and can be altered by a gun smith to suit your requirements . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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