Only one choke - Sporting

[salop sniper]

So for shooting sporting if you could only use quarter or half choke which would you choose ?

ATB

Matt

 

[Will Hewland]

Half. Choke for the longer stuff, where you can possibly miss with a loose pattern; but you can always hit the close stuff with tight choke if you point it in the right place.

 

[chippy]

1/4 I've shot my last two shoots without changing chokes and 1/4 has broken everything when I put it in the right place.

 

[Will Hewland]

1/4 probably fine on 99%. But he OP asks about only ever having one choke.

Bear in mind folks, there is up to "3/4 choke" difference between different cartridges! (E.g between a cheap fibre 8 and a classy plas 7).

 

[Hamster]

Light Mod because that's bang in the middle of 1/4 & 1/2 so best of both Clever/Chippy world.

 

[chippy]

I do use 4 different cartridges on every sporting 9s 8s 7.5s and 6.5s

 

[chippy]

Light Mod because that's bang in the middle of 1/4 & 1/2 so best of both Clever/Chippy world.

I do know several shooters who use 3/8 LM and never change.

 

[maddmatt]

3/8's if I only had one choke, will break every target presented on a sporting course

 

[white gold]

You wouldn't putt a golf ball 10 yards with a driver you would use a putter!! Chokes are very important use them, if a target is very close use a open choke, if a target is showing just edge or is thrown and distance use a tighter choke. Modern shotguns are made m/c for a reason!! It would be a wise choose to purchase a few more chokes..

 

[Rob Boffin]

The way a lot of targets are being set at the moment true cylinder would be too much

 

[jake.keeling]

Half. Choke for the longer stuff, where you can possibly miss with a loose pattern; but you can always hit the close stuff with tight choke if you point it in the right place.

This was exactly my theory when I was shooting a lot of sporting with full/super full fixed choke trap gun. It really focuses your game when you're shooting a 10-20m target and you respect them as much as the hard stuff! and when they vaporise it's a little ego boost. The first time I shot a straight in English Skeet with that gun I was like a dog with two do dars!
Also shot 100 straight DTL with it, then had it teagued and have never done it since!


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[Skeet UK]

You wouldn't putt a golf ball 10 yards with a driver you would use a putter!! Chokes are very important use them, if a target is very close use a open choke, if a target is showing just edge or is thrown and distance use a tighter choke. Modern shotguns are made m/c for a reason!! It would be a wise choose to purchase a few more chokes..

But if you read the title and could only choose ONE CLUB, I suspect that you could Putt a golf ball with a Driver (if you were a decent Golfer)...but I doubt you could accurately drive very far with a Putter.

 

[Buffalo]

I do use 4 different cartridges on every sporting 9s 8s 7.5s and 6.5s

The best choke choice you can have :hunter:

 

[EdSolomons]

Half and weld it in!

 

[salop sniper]

I figure that if I only use: one gun, one cartridge, one choke this will give the most consistency to use to improve, with less variables to muddy the water.

ATB

Matt

 

[Steve Lovatt]

i use to tight halves top and bottom all the time unless its a close target then they come out and get shot with nothing in there  .

interesting point though a skeet choke will break as much as a three quarter one if you can see alot of the clay 

 

[Frenchie baker]

I use 1/2 for top and bottom in the O/U but use a 3/8 for the semi-auto. It seems to work...I'm consistently poor :logik:

 

[mx8]

I would go for 1/2 but if it was an auto I was shooting I'd prefer 3/8 just because I've had success with it before 

 

[timps]

I use 1/2 for top and bottom in the O/U but use a 3/8 for the semi-auto. It seems to work...I'm consistently poor :logik:

That's because you are from Rotherham and don't have opposable thumbs making choke changing impossible for you.