After Market chokes vs. Beretta factory chokes

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Another choke question here.

I'm just wondering how much improvement I will see in a brand name, say briley choke vs. the beretta factory Optima extended chokes?

I've patterned my modified choke, which is what I used for trap, at 30 yr and don't see any blind spots or holes in the pattern. I don't get what's the big fuss is about these after market chokes.:confused:

Would really appreciate it if someone could explain it to me.
 
Well I am not sure about beretta chokes but I wouldn't trade my briley's for anything. They are tight, but very uniform in the pattern. My Browning ones don't even compare.

Jacky
 
Through trial & error, a dial indicator bore gauge, a lot of patterning, trying factory & reloads and several thousand rounds of shooting, I've found the Beretta factory Optima Extendeds very satisfactory. The odd one is not
marked as to what it really is ( by micrometer & on-paper/on-target performance) and out of the several hundred I've seen in use, only 1 was problematic. And yes, I did the same with Briley's previously, both ported & non-ported.

If you don't have chokes in the first place ( lost them, didn't have what you wanted with the gun, etc.) , Briley's (or even better, Teagues) are a very viable option, but the factory Optimas are excellent. I only have 24 or 25 of them ( my wife shoots too ! ) ... :D
 
I've compared my Optima with the Teague replacements and haven't seen any difference. Both work well. The only reason I have the Teagues is they were acquired in a trade and I got one in Light Modified. Otherwise I'm just as happy with the factory chokes.
 
It is all between the ears .... A few years back, I was taking part in a sporting clay tournament and after looking at my Browning Gold IC choke, a friend of mine told me "there is so much lead in there it must be a modified by now" and he passed me a Briley IC for the time of the tournament. I shot my best round ever, we made jokes about the Briley and I bought one the same week.

I went back to my regular lousiness not long after ....

It is true that it is more convenient than the factory chokes at switching time.

No matter what, I have tested myself quite a few shotguns and I am convinced the best chokes are the good old fixed ones. My old Spanish SxS shows better groups than my 682 or my Gold. Because of the longer ramps, I guess . For what it's worth : I don't even know if you can buy a new skeet gun with fixed chokes these days.

Don't be obsessed with chokes. Just look at the scores : when there is no wind , good shooters get the same results from the .410 to the 12 ca. If you touch the target with the middle of the group, you score. Feet position, swing and follow through will do much more than any 3rd party choke . MHO.
 
"Don't be obsessed with chokes. Just look at the scores : when there is no wind , good shooters get the same results from the .410 to the 12 ca. "

..... Horsefeathers !!!!
 
or as Col Potter used to say: Horse papoo! Pattern,Pattern, Pattern your loads. While I have found no difference with Briley extended and Beretta Mobile chokes, there is a tremendous difference with the Optima chokes. Both the 391 and the DT10L, shoot much denser and thighter patterns at 40 yards. I have to shoot Wally Mart stuff to get skeet patterns under 30 yards with the special (negative) Beretta skeet choke.

Browning chokes are all over the spectrum. One might get an IC that will pattern like IM or Skt. One has to pattern, pattern with several loads to se what really goes on!

Henry;)
 
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