Anyone else frustrated with lack of choke on original Grizzly?
- Thread starter Artie Fufkin
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Since you realize that it is a short range defensive shotgun, what is the problem? Do you want it to be defensive at longer range? or do you not want it to be so much of a defensive gun? Even when choked with something other than the zombie choke that came with it, I would not expect it to be much good at sky bustin honkers, or even anything else at moderate range.
Was doing some patterning the other day and thought a choke could be useful sometimes to control spread a bit. I guess its not really a "problem" given the intention of the short barrel.
Artie Fufkin
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- Abbotsford
canam tells me they are getting barrels only in for them next year, ill be purchasing one
Ok, NOW I'm starting to understand why you don't necessarily want a choke on a short shotgun. Been doing a little more reading and patterning and its making sense.
At this point starting to feel happy about the fact that my Grizzly doesn't have a choke.
Forgive the inexperienced thread question gentlemen. Now I'm gettin' it.
Artie Fufkin
At this point starting to feel happy about the fact that my Grizzly doesn't have a choke.
Forgive the inexperienced thread question gentlemen. Now I'm gettin' it.
Artie Fufkin
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec
Do not lose sight of just WHAT the purpose of ths shotgun is.
Cylinder choke with #2 lead shot does an excessively fine job. It will stop the bad guy and not penetrate the walls of the next door neighbors and therefore injure/kill him in his sleep.
Cylinder choke with #2 lead shot does an excessively fine job. It will stop the bad guy and not penetrate the walls of the next door neighbors and therefore injure/kill him in his sleep.
manbearpig
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not at all.
i have an original Grizzly. i thought about getting a second choked one for a bit, but then realized that for a defensive shotgun like this it is completely pointless. for the ranges i can envision myself using a Grizzly, cylinder bore is all i need.
i dont intend to hunt deer, turkey, waterfowl, etc with it so what does lack of chokes matter? its just another area that requires maintenance on the gun so im better off without it.
hunting with a 12.5 is, IMHO, a novelty. yes you can do it but in most cases you are much better served with a longer barreled shotgun - which most of us already have anyway. for the odd grouse chokes do not matter, in fact you want to minimize the amount of lead you put into them.
i have an original Grizzly. i thought about getting a second choked one for a bit, but then realized that for a defensive shotgun like this it is completely pointless. for the ranges i can envision myself using a Grizzly, cylinder bore is all i need.
i dont intend to hunt deer, turkey, waterfowl, etc with it so what does lack of chokes matter? its just another area that requires maintenance on the gun so im better off without it.
hunting with a 12.5 is, IMHO, a novelty. yes you can do it but in most cases you are much better served with a longer barreled shotgun - which most of us already have anyway. for the odd grouse chokes do not matter, in fact you want to minimize the amount of lead you put into them.
