Advantages of Extended Chokes

Roamin_Wade · March 1, 2019, 11:37 PM

Are there any real advantage to extended chokes in shotguns besides being able to remove and replace by hand? I can see the desire to have a longer rifled choke to better impart the slugs to spin for accuaracy but what about a standard modified choke as opposed to an extended modified choke, etc.?

JT-AR-MG42 · March 2, 2019, 07:06 AM

You mention the obvious reason.
The extended chokes allow you to keep them snugged up during a day's shooting (without having to stick your finger in the barrel

),
tell at a glance what choke is in the barrel, and quickly change them out as well.

The extended chokes also serve well to protect the muzzle as you are moving from post to post or station.
Lots of asphalt walkways these days.

Only pattern board work with your load and gun will show if there are improvements to be gained on your patterns.
But that is true of any style choke as well.

JT

jmr40 · March 2, 2019, 07:58 AM

Longer tubes also mean the choke can be more gradual resulting in more consistent patterns. This is especially important with tighter chokes such as the extra full turkey tubes.

NoSecondBest · March 2, 2019, 08:43 AM

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Only pattern board work with your load and gun will show if there are improvements to be gained on your patterns.
But that is true of any style choke as well.

Excellent comment. Everyone jumps in on this with regurgitated advice (read it somewhere) but very, very few have put the time in on a pattern board to make a factual comment. It's an eye opener when you do.

Virginian · March 2, 2019, 12:51 PM

On a SxS or O/U where one wants to shoot steel shot, you can get tubes with the constriction beyond the barrel
I did not find any performance difference between the two. On the ones that I checked the rate of constriction was the same.

stuckinthe60s · March 11, 2019, 01:35 PM

simply put....no.

Rob228 · March 12, 2019, 08:29 PM

In my particular case, I found the best possible pattern for my particular shotgun in a particular clays game with an extended choke.

Then I liked the way it looked so I bought a full set.

FITASC · March 12, 2019, 08:52 PM

Extended chokes allow you to ID what is in your barrel
Extended chokes allow you snug them when loose
Extended chokes allow you to change them as needed
Extended chokes allow to protect the barrel muzzle

March 1, 2019, 11:37 PM	#1
Roamin_Wade Junior member Join Date: July 11, 2018 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 220	Advantages of Extended Chokes Are there any real advantage to extended chokes in shotguns besides being able to remove and replace by hand? I can see the desire to have a longer rifled choke to better impart the slugs to spin for accuaracy but what about a standard modified choke as opposed to an extended modified choke, etc.?

March 2, 2019, 07:06 AM	#2
JT-AR-MG42 Senior Member Join Date: December 27, 2008 Posts: 555	You mention the obvious reason. The extended chokes allow you to keep them snugged up during a day's shooting (without having to stick your finger in the barrel), tell at a glance what choke is in the barrel, and quickly change them out as well. The extended chokes also serve well to protect the muzzle as you are moving from post to post or station. Lots of asphalt walkways these days. Only pattern board work with your load and gun will show if there are improvements to be gained on your patterns. But that is true of any style choke as well. JT __________________ I hunt not to kill, but rather to have not played golf...

March 2, 2019, 07:58 AM	#3
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,809	Longer tubes also mean the choke can be more gradual resulting in more consistent patterns. This is especially important with tighter chokes such as the extra full turkey tubes. __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill

March 2, 2019, 12:51 PM	#5
Virginian Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2012 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Posts: 1,528	On a SxS or O/U where one wants to shoot steel shot, you can get tubes with the constriction beyond the barrel I did not find any performance difference between the two. On the ones that I checked the rate of constriction was the same. __________________ What could have happened... did.

March 11, 2019, 01:35 PM	#6
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 878	simply put....no. __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

March 12, 2019, 08:29 PM	#7
Rob228 Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2010 Location: Hampstead NC Posts: 1,450	In my particular case, I found the best possible pattern for my particular shotgun in a particular clays game with an extended choke. Then I liked the way it looked so I bought a full set.

March 12, 2019, 08:52 PM	#8
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	Extended chokes allow you to ID what is in your barrel Extended chokes allow you snug them when loose Extended chokes allow you to change them as needed Extended chokes allow to protect the barrel muzzle __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa