Uplander Chokes

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I have a 20 gauge Stoeger/IGA Uplander with M and IC chokes I believe. (3 and 4 marks)

Anyhow, I cant help but feel a full choke would come in handy in one of the barrels when hunting.

My question is, does the gun accept any sort of chokes that fit other brands, or do I need somethign specific for Stoeger/IGA?

I did a look with the search feature and couldn't find anything on this.
 
IAMAWILDPARTY said:
I have a 20 gauge Stoeger/IGA Uplander with M and IC chokes I believe. (3 and 4 marks)

Anyhow, I cant help but feel a full choke would come in handy in one of the barrels when hunting.

My question is, does the gun accept any sort of chokes that fit other brands, or do I need somethign specific for Stoeger/IGA?

I did a look with the search feature and couldn't find anything on this.
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try briley or carlsons
 
Tru Lock chokes are fantastic as well... And very reasonable on the wallet.
 
Alright to clarify - the uplander accepts any flush(non extended) Browning or Mossberg Invector chokes? Im sorry if this should be more obvious to me.
 
IAMAWILDPARTY said:
I have a 20 gauge Stoeger/IGA Uplander with M and IC chokes I believe. (3 and 4 marks)

Anyhow, I cant help but feel a full choke would come in handy in one of the barrels when hunting.
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I'd check the patterns on those chokes you have already. Unless you're hunting grouse/pheasant at 50yds or more, I bet that MOD would be plenty tight for any upland hunting. I use SK/IC in mine for grouse and woodcock with no problems.
 
SuperCub said:
I'd check the patterns on those chokes you have already. Unless you're hunting grouse/pheasant at 50yds or more, I bet that MOD would be plenty tight for any upland hunting. I use SK/IC in mine for grouse and woodcock with no problems.
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X2 on that....
 
SuperCub said:
I'd check the patterns on those chokes you have already. Unless you're hunting grouse/pheasant at 50yds or more, I bet that MOD would be plenty tight for any upland hunting. I use SK/IC in mine for grouse and woodcock with no problems.
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When I shot it the first time I patterned it at about 25 yards. I felt like I would have peppered most of a car at that range. Some folks I know hunt grouse with .410's and full chokes, say they aim for the head, usually with success. They say they feel otherwise you get too much shot in the breast.

This is all theoretical for me right now, just going by what I hear. I'll be doing my hunter's education course this weekend, and quite a bit of time between then and grouse season to fiddle around with chokes.

Thanks for the assistance though, everyone.
 
Grouse can be killed with a bad fart. Mod or IC are more then enough from a 20g.

The reason your friends use a full choke from their .410s is because a .410 has significantly less shot in a shell then a 20g.

My IGA single shot 20g drops grouse like sacks of potatoes at 25 yards with an IC choke and a good heavy game load.
 
blasted_saber said:
Grouse can be killed with a bad fart. Mod or IC are more then enough from a 20g.

The reason your friends use a full choke from their .410s is because a .410 has significantly less shot in a shell then a 20g.

My IGA single shot 20g drops grouse like sacks of potatoes at 25 yards with an IC choke and a good heavy game load.
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These folk were saying they use full chokes because they feel they can keep more shot out of the breast area and shoot for the head. One of them also uses a ful choke on a 12 ga for the same reason.

I suppose I'll see how what I have performs, and work from there. Hopefully I'll have many years to form an opinion in agreement or disagreement with my dad's friends. I've never hunted, this season will be my first.
 
IAMAWILDPARTY said:
These folk were saying they use full chokes because they feel they can keep more shot out of the breast area and shoot for the head. One of them also uses a ful choke on a 12 ga for the same reason.

I suppose I'll see how what I have performs, and work from there. Hopefully I'll have many years to form an opinion in agreement or disagreement with my dad's friends. I've never hunted, this season will be my first.
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They are right with the 12g. But with the .410, the amount of shot is so small if you opened up the pattern you might as well use it as a club, because range is going to be very short. Not to mention almost every .410 came with a full choke.

And another thing, in the event a grouse actually flies (birds=flight!) you'll have a much better chance of making the shot with a wider pattern. Trying to pick the head off a sitting grouse is one thing, flying is altogether different.
 
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