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Posted: 4/19/2009 12:30:41 PM EDT
| I have a fixed full choke bbl. I've been invited to casual skeet shoots, no competition, just fun. Can I get by or do I really need to get an improved cyl. barrel? |
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With either choke, if your barrel is not pointed in the right spot you will miss.
You can make up for a tight choke by shooting cheap promo loads. They often have soft pure lead shot (no antimony alloy) which makes them open up a little quicker. Just go and have fun. If you decide you like it and want to get more formal, then spend the money. The nice thing about clays is that you can spend as little or as much as you like and still break plenty of targets and have fun. |
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Sell your full choke barrel on the EE, and buy a barrel with a removable choke system. Full is too tight for skeet, and sporting clays. You can shoot clays with a full choke, but you will be at a major disadvantage. Not really. Full is tighter than I would want for either of those "sports", but it really wouldn't bother me to walk out there with one of my 30" full choked barrels. He's just going to have to be a little better shot than most... OP, keep the full choke barrel and just buy a replacement that accepts interchangeable tubes. ETA–– is it an 870 or 500 or ????? |
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Full is pretty tight for skeet. No room at all for any error in your leads. I typically shoot improved cylinder for skeet and most sporting clays shots. On really long clays shots I will switch to full.
I think you will enjoy the clays sports more if you get a barrels with removeable chokes. |
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