Originally Posted by
archeryrob
Any gun and any choke will work as long as you pattern the gun and try different ammo. I use a biakal MP-153 and used to be sold on Hevi-steel B's but once I patterned it I found out why I missed a lot of ducks. I found Kent #1's pattern great in my gun and factory chokes and I use BB's for resident only hunting.
You don't need an expensive gun or after marlet chokes, but you need to pattern them to see how they are shooting various loads you put in them.
Interesting. I have a Benelli Nova that wouldn't pattern steel shot or Hevi-Shot well. Actually, it didn't do that well with lead past 20-30 yards. I put in a Hevi-Shot aftermarket choke and it helped some. I didn't consider trying different sizes of shot, just used what I had on hand. May have to revisit that issue now.