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BigJimP · January 16, 2015, 07:28 PM

You shoot steel shot for waterfowl....so with steel the tightest choke you can shoot is a Modified.

Full is for lead shot only...so Turkey.

Personally, for a hunting gun ( I want to know what the pattern board tells me for a given load and choke )....and in a BPS, I use all Browning chokes...the cost of good chokes vs cost of shells and hunting ...makes the cost of chokes not really the issue. But for a hunting gun - I can get by with an Imp Cylinder, a Mod and a Full - and if I'm hunting upland birds ( Quail, Grouse, etc ).....I'll want a Cyclinder, and an Improved Mod ( giving me 5 chokes in a single barrel BPS).

January 16, 2015, 07:28 PM	#4
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	You shoot steel shot for waterfowl....so with steel the tightest choke you can shoot is a Modified. Full is for lead shot only...so Turkey. Personally, for a hunting gun ( I want to know what the pattern board tells me for a given load and choke )....and in a BPS, I use all Browning chokes...the cost of good chokes vs cost of shells and hunting ...makes the cost of chokes not really the issue. But for a hunting gun - I can get by with an Imp Cylinder, a Mod and a Full - and if I'm hunting upland birds ( Quail, Grouse, etc ).....I'll want a Cyclinder, and an Improved Mod ( giving me 5 chokes in a single barrel BPS).