Kicks VS Patternmaster

bangbang777 · January 4, 2010, 09:48 PM

I am looking for a new choke for duck hunting and am torn betweek a Kicks High Flyer and a Patternmaster. WHAT TO DO???

VaFisher · January 5, 2010, 06:45 AM

No compairing the two, patternmaster is the best by far for tite pattern. At fourty yards you should have a pattern the size of a paper plate using most any shot size to include buck shot.

foghorn leghorn · February 7, 2010, 12:05 AM

patternmaster claims to catch the wad stopping it from overtaking the shot and messing up the load trajectory. I have one on my 11-87 and replaced my modified choke. The I.D. is larger than the modified, and the O.D. is exactly the same as the barrel. I dont believe it will tighten the shot like a traditional choke.
I was using the modified for 00 buck, and rifled slug (in a smooth bore). Other than the blast being diverted rear of the muzzle, I don't see any difference with the slug, of course. I thought it might shave some lead, but the cup just passes thru.
I have deemed this my all purpose hunting weapon in shotgun county. If I was
to designate a slugger, it would still go to my Ithaca model 37 with the deerslayer barrel. Got it in 1972, thanks mom.

January 4, 2010, 09:48 PM	#1
bangbang777 Member Join Date: December 15, 2009 Posts: 26	Kicks VS Patternmaster I am looking for a new choke for duck hunting and am torn betweek a Kicks High Flyer and a Patternmaster. WHAT TO DO???

February 7, 2010, 12:05 AM	#3
foghorn leghorn Senior Member Join Date: January 18, 2010 Location: In a Van down by the River Posts: 181	patternmaster claims to catch the wad stopping it from overtaking the shot and messing up the load trajectory. I have one on my 11-87 and replaced my modified choke. The I.D. is larger than the modified, and the O.D. is exactly the same as the barrel. I dont believe it will tighten the shot like a traditional choke. I was using the modified for 00 buck, and rifled slug (in a smooth bore). Other than the blast being diverted rear of the muzzle, I don't see any difference with the slug, of course. I thought it might shave some lead, but the cup just passes thru. I have deemed this my all purpose hunting weapon in shotgun county. If I was to designate a slugger, it would still go to my Ithaca model 37 with the deerslayer barrel. Got it in 1972, thanks mom. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Liberate America... Free the Republic -NRA Life Member-

January 5, 2010, 06:45 AM	#2
VaFisher Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2006 Posts: 596	No compairing the two, patternmaster is the best by far for tite pattern. At fourty yards you should have a pattern the size of a paper plate using most any shot size to include buck shot.