chokes
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 921
That would be thousandths of an inch. The smaller the number, the tighter the choke.
Search around on these forums a bit and you can find what others have had success with. It's best to match the choke with the load you plan to shoot.
Search around on these forums a bit and you can find what others have had success with. It's best to match the choke with the load you plan to shoot.
#3
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DFW
Posts: 1,195
Theoretically, yes. Realistically, maybe not. You can also over-constrict the load and what results is a pattern that is worse. A "blown pattern" if you will. You have to find the sweet spot.
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NewLowell ,Ontario ,Canada
Posts: 2,765
No the lower is not the better,
You can also over choke a shell and have deformed shot which will cause flyers and bust the pattern.
I have shot patterns with different choke constrictions for years and have seen what different sizes do. I also have tried out never every choke company out there along with TruLock.
If you plan on shooting lead/Copper turkey loads try out the constrictions between .655-.665
If its heavy shot loads then work with the .665-.670 as if preforms better out of more open constrictions.
The best I have used is Pure Gold Chokes and I won;t even shoot a 12 gauge anymore...
You can also over choke a shell and have deformed shot which will cause flyers and bust the pattern.
I have shot patterns with different choke constrictions for years and have seen what different sizes do. I also have tried out never every choke company out there along with TruLock.
If you plan on shooting lead/Copper turkey loads try out the constrictions between .655-.665
If its heavy shot loads then work with the .665-.670 as if preforms better out of more open constrictions.
The best I have used is Pure Gold Chokes and I won;t even shoot a 12 gauge anymore...
#7
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Georgia
Posts: 82
I was looking at a .665 is that a good size for my 12 gauge with these shells http://www.basspro.com/Remington-Nit...t/69874/120160
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DFW
Posts: 1,195
I was looking at a .665 is that a good size for my 12 gauge with these shells http://www.basspro.com/Remington-Nit...t/69874/120160