The Orvis Guide to Beginning Wingshooting by Tom Deck

Author:Tom Deck
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (Perseus)
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Use the forend only as a suggestion as to where to place the lead hand.

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Understand how choke affects the shot string

CHOKE IS THE RESTRICTION AT THE END OF THE BARREL that controls how the shot string spreads out over a given distance. There is an effective range that a shotgun can reach and still cleanly kill a bird or break a clay target. Choke helps a shooter dial in this range and depends greatly on what type of shooting you may be doing. For example, the clay shooter might need a different shot pattern than a duck hunter at forty yards. For one, the clay shooter needs only one pellet to break a brittle clay target, whereas the duck hunter needs more (and bigger) pellets to take down a mallard at thirty-five or forty yards.

The choke helps control how the shot string opens up over a given distance. A tighter choke will hold the string together longer, and a more open choke will spread the pellets out faster.

There are four basic chokes: cylinder, improved cylinder, modified, and full. The most open choke is cylinder; the most restrictive choke is full. Cylinder opens the shot pattern to a forty-inch spread at about twenty-five yards. Improved cylinder opens up to a forty-inch spread at about thirty yards. Modified choke opens up a forty-inch spread at about thirty-five yards. And lastly, full choke opens up a forty-inch spread at approximately forty yards. These numbers can vary a bit depending on load and pellet size.

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