Avice please / which choke for pigeons ?

[mjr88 50]

As a newbie pigeon / shotgunner i have a question regarding chokes.

 

I would have thought that to hit a pigeon in full flight it would be better to use full or 3/4 choke to get the widest possible spread to hit the bird.

 

But after doing some reading , it seems that a lot of people use 1/4 or 1/2 coke for birds.

 

My Lanber came with 5 chokes and i'm still using the ones that came fitted into the gun , full and 3/4 .

 

I look forward to your responses ,

 

John

Edited May 21, 2009 by mjr88

[the Verminator 0]

As a newbie pigeon / shotgunner i have a question regarding chokes.

 

I would have thought that to hit a pigeon in full flight it would be better to use full or 3/4 choke to get the widest possible spread to hit the bird.

 

But after doing some reading , it seems that a lot of people use 1/4 or 1/2 coke for birds.

 

My Lanber came with 5 chokes and i'm still using the ones that came fitted into the gun , full and 3/4 .

 

I look forward to your responses ,

 

Mark

 

full & 3/4 is tight choke, giving a smaller pattern, 1/4 & 1/2 is less choke, i shoot the later 2 with great sucess but it depends how far away you are shooting them.

 

good luck

[mjr88 50]

I think i'm getting mixrd up about these choke abbreviations

 

Basically , my top barrel has a choke with no notches , and the bottom barrel has a choke with 4 notches.

Could somebody please explain which barrel has the widest spread choke ,

 

Many thanks ,

 

John

Edited May 21, 2009 by mjr88

[mjr88 50]

wenzi110

 

What has your answer got to do with shotgun chokes and my question

[owdnorthener 13]

HI, I have a Beretta and the notches on the chokes are as follows ... 1 - Full choke , 2 - Improved modified, 3 - Modified, 4 - improved cylinder, 5 - Cylinder.

 

1 would be, on mine, the tightest choke ie less spread and a tighter pattern

5, as a cylinder would have no choke therefor a wider pattern.

 

As said by the Verminater, it depends on the range you are shooting, but I would try changing to a more open choke and give it a go.

 

I would use my local library and read up a little on various types of shotgun shooting, it could clear things up a lttle for you.

 

Good Luck,

[the Verminator 0]

HI, I have a Beretta and the notches on the chokes are as follows ... 1 - Full choke , 2 - Improved modified, 3 - Modified, 4 - improved cylinder, 5 - Cylinder.

 

1 would be, on mine, the tightest choke ie less spread and a tighter pattern

5, as a cylinder would have no choke therefor a wider pattern.

 

As said by the Verminater, it depends on the range you are shooting, but I would try changing to a more open choke and give it a go.

 

I would use my local library and read up a little on various types of shotgun shooting, it could clear things up a lttle for you.

 

Good Luck,

 

thats the same as ur lamber curently has cylinder and quater in then, quater is the 1 with 4 notches, 3 notches is 1/2, 2 notches is 3/4 & 1 notch is full. if you put full & cylinder next to each other you will see a difference in the thickness.

[mjr88 50]

Thanks for your swift replies

 

I now understand what's what

 

John

Edited May 21, 2009 by mjr88