Multichokes

[Salopian]

Having a multichoke gun makes them very adaptable , Sporting, Skeet or Trap  and you have the choice of choke.

Now ! Those of you who have them, how often do you change your chokes?

Sporting shooters especially , are you a twiddler or do you fit two of your choice and leave them in there to rust????

 

[Bebo]

Quarter and half in all the time for sporting and they get left in when I do the odd bit of DTL.  On the infrequent occasions that I shoot a round of skeet the half get swopped for a skeet choke.  

 

[Sian]

Never changed my chokes although Tony does clean them every week - in my fourth year of shooting.

 

[timps]

I use 3/8 & 3/8 or when I want to be down with the kool kids 1/2 & 1/2  for sporting on all targets except rabbits and low driven.

A rabbit can conceivably jump over a tight pattern just as you take the shot and is out of your control.

On low driven my ineptitude can drag the gun off line as my non dominant eye wants to have a better look.

I shot 100 sporting on Sunday put a cylinder in for the rabbit hit them all including one high bouncer just as I shot so feel vindicated in my change. I also put a cylinder in for a driven hitting 3 out of 4, I don’t think the change made a blind bit of difference on that stand.

So changed twice for two stands 8 birds in total, conceivably saved me a rabbit  although I might still have hit it with ½ in, just I was more confident of hitting it with cylinder so didn’t flinch and took the shot rather than trying to adjust.

 

[Doug Pinnegar]

Recently moved to 1/2 & 1/2 to avoid doing any changing. Might miss a handful of clays over a 100 sporting round that I might have chipped/killed with 1/4 & 1/4 but my thought process is that it will make my shooting better so will leave it as it is. 

 

[salop sniper]

3/8 & 3/8, chokes now only come out for cleaning, this does all my clay shooting. The same in both barrels means am not pondering which way / order to shoot the barrels.

3/8 & 3/8 will do all my game shooting on my little game shoot even the steel shot on ducks (36gram 3`s), how ever I will likely step to: 1/2 & 1/2 for my beaters days where the birds are higher and of a better standard and only pheasants so no requirement for non toxic shot.

ATB

Matt

 

[VicW]

When I was clay shooting, sporting and sportrap, I used a semiauto so only had one choke to worry about.

After spending considerable amounts of money  keeping choke manufacturers in a comfortable life style I would use and recommend  3/8ths chokes by Teague. They are excellent quality.  

I regard the 3/8ths as a 'phsycological' size of choke as it is tighter than a quarter but more open than a half.

Vic.

 

[AW13]

MK60 has fixed 1/4 and 3/4 so no issue deciding whether to change.  I shoot sporting, skeet and DTL with it.

With the semi I usually put in 1/4 and leave it at that apart from skeet where I have an Improved skeet choke.

Keep it simple IMHO

 

[andypandy]

For me 1/4 1/4 and remove them for cleaning every couple of shoots.

 

[chippy]

At least one on every stand. if fact i think the threads are starting to wear out.

 

[Markh701]

1/4 and 1/4 with 8.5 cartridges on sporting. Might put in 7.5 cartridge for longer bird. 1/2 and 3/4 7.5 for trap.

 

[bisondan]

I have Muller U2 top and bottom, these are about 3/8 and with 7.5 shot I'm confident of being able to break targets from 5 to 65 yards.

I take them out every time the gun goes in and out of the cabinet otherwise the gun doesn't fit.  The chokes get cleaned whenever the gun does, and every few times I use them I give them a wipe down with a rag and put a few drops of oil on the threads.

 

[DrBeau]

It's Mullers too for me: U2 & U3, and no sweating about leaving them in the barrels too long because they aren't made of metal and can't rust (although an occasional clean and a grease never hurts)!

Does anyone else find Browning's own DS chokes a bit light? I've got a 725 Sporter, and for English Sporting I've found I need to use 1/2 & 3/4 to do what I'd normally expect a 1/4 & 1/2 to do in a 525.

 

[FreeShot]

Teague 3/8 (U) and 5/8 (O) permament for everything, unless for Trap with 24g - then 5/8 is replaced with 7/8.

 

[Simonix]

Pair of muller u2s (3/8ths) all the time. For everything!

well, apart from game, then I use the factory 3/8th chokes. (Mullers don't like shot size bigger than 6). 

Said it before, if I could have my gun fixed at that, I'd be happy. I am of the belief that cartridges probably make as much if not more difference than chokes for patterns. 

 

[Doug Pinnegar]

It's Mullers too for me: U2 & U3, and no sweating about leaving them in the barrels too long because they aren't made of metal and can't rust (although an occasional clean and a grease never hurts)!

Does anyone else find Browning's own DS chokes a bit light? I've got a 725 Sporter, and for English Sporting I've found I need to use 1/2 & 3/4 to do what I'd normally expect a 1/4 & 1/2 to do in a 525.

I've got the external DS chokes in my black edition. I think they are Briley? 

Yep, they are not mega tight. Probably closer to a 3/8 rather than 1/2. But it makes such a minimal difference that I don't think about it.

 

[Damo]

1/4 & 1/4  from the the time I started. Will put in a 1/2  for along one. But that is rare. Having saying that I am not very good.

Damon

 

[shootinguru]

Multichokes are for the  indecisive shooter, the same guy who carries  6'5s,  7, 7'5s 8s & 9s! He may also have multiple entries

When possible and will usually carry a backup gun as a precaution!

 

[Jonny English]

I have got the investor DS in a 725, put 1/2 & 1/2 in extended for 28 gram velocity plus for clays, 1/4 & 1/4 flush for shooting 32 gram 5's at game, take them out and clean them after every days shooting.