You'll find the 3/4oz loads seem to add about one choke construction - less shot being deformed because of the short shot column. Those loads are what myself and a couple of friends shoot all the time at SC's and reach out 35 to 40 yards with skeet chokes in our old SxS's. Different guns had different styles and lengths of choke. Some of my Remington 1894s have over 7" total choke. Most guns don't have more than 1" of parallel at the muzzle. I've been told that when opening chokes if you end up with more than 2" of parallel you'll just end up with a " hot center ". 8 or .009 would be between SK and IC and that should be plenty for most shots. I like SK and LM myself.
Last edited by Paul Harm; 12/21/16 05:44 PM.
