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I do think that mentally it does make a difference. I just got a Sterlingworth restocked and have shot 4 rounds of skeet. It is choked 13&30. I am very aware of this and I believe that it is detrimental. More mentally than actual but detrimental just the same. In my mind I want to be careful especially with the full choke. It reminds me of when I first started to shoot a .410 at skeet. I had a hard time not treating it like any other gun, as you should. When I have intense focus on the the bird I shoot it well.

Am I going to shoot a full choke in skeet competition....hell no! But I am going to start shooting a little tighter choke at the larger sporting events that have more difficult presentations.

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I shoot more wild pheasants than most folks, and I do it with a pair of guns choked 5/15 and 5/25. 12's, usually 1 1/16 oz Brit 6's in the R, 1 1/8 oz American 6's in the L. I only ended up using the tighter of the two more than I usually do last season because the #1 gun needed some work. (Nice to have "twins" in such a circumstance.) Over pointing dogs, in good pheasant country, the R barrel will handle 80-90% of the shots I take. If one jumps and I can't get on it before 35 yards or so, I'll go to the back trigger. Can't recall the last time I felt underchoked with that setup. But I'd hastily add that I feel neither the desire nor the need to take shots at roosters much over 40 yards, unless they've already been hit but kept flying.

I would not want cyl/cyl, and although I'd rather have two different chokes since I have two barrels (and two triggers), I don't think Jim's 10/10 would be a bad choice for most hunting applications.

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I have a 28guage that used to belong to a novice lady shooter who could not shoot it very well, after trying my 20 guage 686 multichoke (1/4 & 1/2) she bought one and gave me the 28guage.
The 28guage is choked 30&45????????

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The 28ga Parker Reproductions with M/F barrels all seem to have come from the factory choked M/F for a 12. Like about 19/38.

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As guns built for old card & filler wadding in 12ga were considered full choke with about .040" constriction (bore reduction of 11%) & guns for new shot protected shell are considered full with often no more than .030" constriction (8% bore reduction) it would seem to maintain a proportionate ratio in the 28 ga .030" would be ample for old shells & no more than about .025" for new ones. "Personally" (I am aware all will not agree) if a 28 bored about 5/15 proves insuffcient for the task at hand I would just reach for a larger gauge, rather than more choke.


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Which brings us to the definition of a perfect "10"... namely a "7" who GIVES you a 28 ga. double, no matter what chokes.


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Originally Posted By: keith
Which brings us to the definition of a perfect "10"... namely a "7" who GIVES you a 28 ga. double, no matter what chokes.


I'm all for that...geo

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I agree with 2piper on the 5/15 at least not more than 7/20

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