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Which Choke?

  • 05-02-2011 7:49pm
    #1
    beanie10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 466 ✭✭


    Hi guys, just got my new pa shotgun with imp cyl choke. This probably has been asked a hundred times before but what is a good all rounder choke for shooting rabbits, crows foxes.


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  • #2
    FISMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭FISMA


    Beanie10,
    I always encourage people to shoot first and not worry about the choke.

    A good shot is a good shot. Changing the choke will not help a person that is shooting badly. Too many new shooters are lulled into thinking that they need to change choke when the problem is with fundamentals.

    With that said, you need to tell us the distance at which you are engaging targets and you need to pattern the gun.

    Where I am, the lampers have the foxes and bunnies so gun shy you need the full chokes in the barrel as the expected distance of engagement is maximum.

    Actually, I have turkey chokes. Turkeys have great eyesight and are not colorblind. If you wore blaze orange you would probably hear them laughing three football fields away!

    Thus, the turkey choke is the one of the most constricted there is. If you need to reach-out to them, a full, x-full, or turkey is best.


  • #3
    dev110
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,147 ✭✭✭dev110


    FISMA wrote: »
    Beanie10,
    I always encourage people to shoot first and not worry about the choke.

    A good shot is a good shot. Changing the choke will not help a person that is shooting badly. Too many new shooters are lulled into thinking that they need to change choke when the problem is with fundamentals.

    With that said, you need to tell us the distance at which you are engaging targets and you need to pattern the gun.

    Where I am, the lampers have the foxes and bunnies so gun shy you need the full chokes in the barrel as the expected distance of engagement is maximum.

    Actually, I have turkey chokes. Turkeys have great eyesight and are not colorblind. If you wore blaze orange you would probably hear them laughing three football fields away!

    Thus, the turkey choke is the one of the most constricted there is. If you need to reach-out to them, a full, x-full, or turkey is best.

    I couldn't agree more!! When I first started shooting I was changing chokes nearly every weekend :rolleyes:
    Now a few years on I prob couldn't tell you what choke is actually in it.
    A good shot is a good shot regardless of chokes.


  • #4
    beanie10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 466 ✭✭beanie10


    I suppose max distance i would be shooting is 50 yards


  • #5
    J.R.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,374 ✭✭✭J.R.


    50 yards is pushing it for a shotgun.

    Aim for 40 yards - 45 yards max. to ensure clean kills.

    At maximum distance you'd need to be using cartridges 36gram and upwards with 3/4 or full choke.


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