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A friend who is a brilliant shot always used Miroku Trap 3/4 & Full , won a lot , International honours etc. changed to a Miroku Teagued , still shot brilliantly.

Saw him yesterday , shooting brilliantly , every clay vapourised and made into soot .

" What choke you got in that?"     " 3/4 & Full " " I thought it was Teagued?"  " That's the other one .Gone back to this to save messing with my head".

 
I'm currently thinking over what to do with mine aswell, My barrels are fixed at 3/4 & 1/4. I've contacted a local gunsmith whose given me a price of £30 + Vat to change the 3/4 to 1/2. 

ive also messaged Teague to see what there price is, but haven't heard back yet
Teague quoted me £54 per barrel to open up and 10 days to 2 weeks turnaround. 

The whole choke industry is a vampire to the unsure among us..
Whole choke.....is that a new constriction....is it any good ?

 
No matter what choke I shoot I find I have to see the same picture to break the clay.....so choke tight and forget about it

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Iggy it is a mental thing and I wouldn't do it.

Before you Teague them try to find a "loose" cartridge that spreads faster than regular ones do. I have been forth and back and found that Clever T2 2.3mm, Clever Bior 2.2mm and Cheddite Free Shots 2.2mm throw me a 0.010 pattern through 0.025 choke. In reality it doesn't matter much - more or less just serve like a mental boost and that is all I need.

Anyway - once you find one, hit the range and try it on close targets. If you find a confidence in them at close range you got them clays covered all, if not Teague will do...but you may begin to worry about those long ones?

 
Will,

 Sorry mate , it is you that is confused .

Davy B is looking for the stock answer.

 
No matter what choke I shoot I find I have to see the same picture to break the clay.....so choke tight and forget about it

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Interested to hear this really....I think this is th crux of my problem in that I'm not doing what I normally do....rather talking myself in having to be more 'deliberate' due to the reduced pattern. 

On balance I'm going to try and work on shells first, and maybe a lesson or two....then fall back on 'surgery' if all else fails. 

Thanks to all for your help ?

 
No matter what choke I shoot I find I have to see the same picture to break the clay.....so choke tight and forget about it

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Very true if a clay needs 3ft lead it needs 3ft with cylinder or full choke. But an open choke gives you a larger margin of error.

 
Interested to hear this really....I think this is th crux of my problem in that I'm not doing what I normally do....rather talking myself in having to be more 'deliberate' due to the reduced pattern. On balance I'm going to try and work on shells first, and maybe a lesson or two....then fall back on 'surgery' if all else fails. 

Thanks to all for your help ?

I shoot a multi choked Beretta, in the last number of years iv only had 3/4 and full choke in the gun, hasn't hurt my scores when I miss a clay iv misread it or made a sloppy movement. If I ever change guns it will be fixed 3/4 and full or 3/4 and 3/4. I don't believe tight chokes are a handicap on close birds ( if you have time to be deliberate) close fast birds or short window.....a shell that opens up a little sooner can help

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