26" Skeet barrel for Sporting Clays?

It would probably work for SOME shots, but sporting clays gives you a bunch of different "hunting"-style shots over a course of fire, so you'll either need another barrel, or another gun with choke tubes.
 
Hi-Standard said:
Never tried sporting clays before guys, would a Remington 1100 with a 26" fixed skeet barrel work? Is a skeet choke to open? What is the recommended choke/barrel combination for sporting clays?
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It depends on the course. At our club where there are different stations from which to choose and you can easily pick stations where a skeet choke is more than enough. Other stations are longer and skeet might be a little more open than you'd like but if you center the target a skeet choke will reach a long way.

I wouldn't worry at all about using a skeet choke at sporting unless the targets got beyond 40 yards.
 
Most courses I shoot with a skeet choke 95% of the time. For longer-range presentations, make sure you move to larger shot (7.5) - the extra shot energy will be more important than the choke in most cases.
 
I like a 26" bbl on a semi. On an O/U i find them a little short. My choke of choice for clays is an I/C. I have tried Skeet and mod, in some cases I like the mod choke but I/C has been my best all round choice.
 
Shot a Benelli SBE with a 24" barrel quite a bit last year in Sporting Clays and did very well with it. Mostly used a skeet choke or an extended IC.

Took the plunge this year and sold the SBE and purchased a Benelli Super Sport. As for choke / Barrel combination that is very much a individual thing based on what barrel length your comfortable shooting and choke for the target presentation. I've owned two Betetta 391's with a 30" and a 28" barrrel and settled on a 28" with this Benelli.

Also have a Remington 1100 Skeet with a 26" barrel. It will certainly keep you in the game but as you progress the option of screw in chokes to adjust to some target presentations is needed.

REM
 
Thanks for the tips guys. I'm trying to put together a poor mans trap gun. I've got a Remington 1100 field gun with a 30" full choke barrel. There is a steel mid-bead on it and I've installed a red flourescent front bead. It doesn't have a proper trap high rib, but I think that it'll make a decent trap set up. As for sporting clays, I also have a 26" barrel with a fixed skeet choke. Our club doesn't have skeet, just sporting and trap. I'm very new to this sport, as I only shot trap once before and that was late last season. I got 18 of 25 clays, not to bad for a greenhorn with a field gun. But the big problem I have now is I think I'm hooked:redface:. If this season works out I may invest in a more proper trap/sporting clays setup for next year.
 
Hi-Standard said:
A couple of questions bill c68. Can a fixed choke barrel be threaded for these? If so, how much are they and where did you buy yours?
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A fixed choke gun with enough metal can be threaded to accept choke tubes.
You will have to find a gunsmith who has the proper tooling for a thread pattern that will match one of the thread patterns available from truglo.
Try rgwhitman a member here on CGN, he does chokes but not sure what thread pattern he uses. I think the cost is around $100-$150 or so including a choke but if you do not need a choke, you may be able to save.
I am sure there are other gunsmiths who do shoke tubes, I just don't know of any.
Alot of guys were looking for these tubes awhile back but couldn't find anyone to ship to Canada, I got mine through Brownell's, if you know someone with a dealer's license you can save about $40.
 
Hmmm, looks like a modern version of the old c-lect chokes, etc.

A great idea IMHO...now finding them in Canada is another challenge. :(
 
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bill c68 said:
Brownell's will ship to Canada, that's where I got mine.
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Indeed they will. I just received a small shipment of shotgun parts from them. Maybe they have an open import/export permit to Canada or the Americans have changed the rules again.
 
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