fixed chokes

anthonyos

hello i bought a baikal o & u secondhand with fixed chokes are they much of a draw back when compared to multi chokes???? i will be shooting crows pigeons and rabbits

TriggerPL

anthonyos wrote: »

hello i bought a baikal o & u secondhand with fixed chokes are they much of a draw back when compared to multi chokes???? i will be shooting crows pigeons and rabbits

I've been shooting a lamber for years with fixed chokes and have shot everything going with it , multi chokes gives ya more options but wouldn say fixed chokes are a draw back . When ya get use to the gun you will be grand

garv123

anthonyos wrote: »

hello i bought a baikal o & u secondhand with fixed chokes are they much of a draw back when compared to multi chokes???? i will be shooting crows pigeons and rabbits

nah, dont get thinking into it too much either or you'll find yourself been put off by it.
Out of any of the lads i know none of them use chokes and never had any problems, I only have one choke for my shotgun too.
The top barrel in an o/u is normally tighter choked than the bottom so people fire the bottom first.

FISMA

anthonyos wrote: »

hello i bought a baikal o & u secondhand with fixed chokes are they much of a draw back when compared to multi chokes???? i will be shooting crows pigeons and rabbits

A good shooter is a good shot, no matter what is in their hands.

I see too many newbies at the range trying to determine if they should use: Improved Modified, Modified, or Improved Cylinder. They often actually believe it is the fault of the choke and not of their own: wrong.

Don't worry about the chokes. The engineers of the firearm went to a lot of trouble to figure out how to choke the shotgun.

Learn to swing the gun and get ahead of the target.

Don't get me wrong, I do use chokes myself. I often use a skeet choke at the range and a full for work along the Sionna. However, I don't fuss much over them and in the field, my favorite shotgun is my Ithaca NID sxs - fixed chokes.

Personally, I think a fixed choke shotgun helps you get your head into the game.

Glensman

Chokes are a great excuse for a bad day's shooting!
My mate uses it all the time! 'I left the full choke in from foxing yesterday' :rolleyes:

Sika98k

Shotguns generally come with something like 3/4,s and full choke in the first and second barrel respectively when new.

Why not take it to a competent gundealer/gunsmith and have the barrels measured and then the chokes measured. The amount of choke in a barrel is relative to the bore diameter so dropping a choke gauge in to the top of the barrel and reading off that only works if say your 12 bore actually measures .729 internally.

Generally speaking 1/4 and 1/2 choke is fine for allround game shooting.Personally I prefer improved cylinder in the first barrel.

terminator2

chokes wont make you shoot any straighter:D:D

meathstevie

Doesn't matter a bit. It's not that long ago that guns came with fixed chokes only. If your shooting is accurate the difference between 1/2 and 3/4 chokes for example is negligable in game shooting conditions.

4200fps

I never could fault fixed chokes. When you know your guns ability's and what cartridge it shoots best you will hit lots. I have a selector so I give a bird the half choke if it gets up close and extra full if its further away. Often found the half choke as effective as the full choke at distance. Works great for me so thats my opinion. I seen guys using chokes not known what the chokes ability's are resulting in missing their target and some who knew what its ability's are hitting the target so its all about how well you get to know its range and spread with the particular cartridge they are using also. With fixed chokes you have a nice even taper down to the end of the barrel where as using chokes it wouldn't be AS symmetrical with a sudden taper with an attachable tight choke. That's my opinion that's all

meathstevie

To try and visualise this a bit: with a full choke and a nr6 32g cartridge you shot spread at 90 feet would be a size 4 football, with a 1/2 choke probably more like a nr 5 football......

Sika98k

meathstevie wrote: »

To try and visualise this a bit: with a full choke and a nr6 32g cartridge you shot spread at 90 feet would be a size 4 football, with a 1/2 choke probably more like a nr 5 football......

Or if you dont play football the spread is 27 inches with full choke and 32 inches with a 1/2 choke.

garv123

Sika98k wrote: »

Or if you dont play football the spread is 27 inches with full choke and 32 inches with a 1/2 choke.

What sort of footballs do you use?

Double Barrel

garv123 wrote: »

What sort of footballs do you use?

Big One's.

Double Barrel

As had being said "not much", "if any", to answer your original question.

"When you know your guns ability's and what cartridge it shoots best you will hit lots." Very good advise.

Pattern your shotgun.

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