My thoughts on using spreader loads are:
1. I can have my guns choked approximately IC & Mod which works out well for most of my pheasant hunting with conventional loads & then switch to The RST Spreader for woodcock & grouse when I feel I need to open the pattern a little. I've not seen a problem with patchy patterns with the RST product.
2. Choke tubes like Briley thin walls are practical but by English proof standards they take a gun out of proof unless reproofed after installation, something I don't like to do to a nice gun that is in proof.
3. As to the comment by King Brown about the danger of hitting dogs while using spreaders, that's just plain silly! If that's a problem you are shooting way to close to the dogs (& hunting partners) & I don't want you hunting with me or my dogs using any type of live ammunition.
