Are you sure that they said the average shot at a ruffed grouse was at 23 yards, and not that the average shot was less then 23 yards?
And this is from Bob Brister's book.
"In the thousands of patterns tested by Oberfell and Thompson for their "Mysteries of shotgun Patterns" the point is made repeatedly that the pure-cylinder choke(no choke at all) throws the most even patterns of all. That is in layman's language, the patterns have fewer patches or holes relative to the spread of the load......I do know that at 25 yards a pure-cylinder barrel will throw one of the deadliest game-getting patterns you ever looked at, more efficient at that yardage, then a full-choke barrel at 50 yards."
Pete

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