Interesting article. I was taught Skeet by a fellow who competed against them in Egypt in 1962 I think. He was shooting a Winchester Model 12 with a Cutts Compensator. I knew the Tula choke was inspired by the Cutts Compensator but did not realize how intricate it was designed. All this before computers. Those fellows either thought in three dimensional ways or did a lot of trial and error. The Tula choke did produce a nice pattern. At one point the Soviets had shells custom loaded for every station that were optimized for the best pattern at every target distance. This was quickly deemed to ge an unfair advantage I was told and not allowed. But having a spreader loaf for station seven and eight would make a lot of sense.
