Browning 725 sporting

Interesting.. so there's less energy absorbed by the gun, and more retained by the shot charge. More efficient, in other words. I wonder how much of that is also a result of the longer, more gradually constricted choke tubes?
I'm starting to think the way the gun shoots is a culmination of a lot of little things that together add up to a winning combination. If that's the case, then kudos to Browning and their design team.
 
Chilly807 said:
Interesting.. so there's less energy absorbed by the gun, and more retained by the shot charge. More efficient, in other words. I wonder how much of that is also a result of the longer, more gradually constricted choke tubes?
I'm starting to think the way the gun shoots is a culmination of a lot of little things that together add up to a winning combination. If that's the case, then kudos to Browning and their design team.
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The only complaints that I hear about the 725, is the choke design. They are of an unconventional design, and some people are not happy with the patterns.
 
Could very well be, although I'm far from an accomplished shooter, I did fairly well shooting the demo gun at sporting clays. If the patterns are different from the norm, by different I mean looser or tighter, that's only a case of needing to pattern the gun to see what it's doing with a given choke and making a selection from the results. I do remember reading something on Browning web site about "using actual pattern results to determine what a choke is designated as" rather than a standard size based marking. In other words, .725" (traditionally "skeet" choke) may not give you "x" percent of the pellets in a 30" circle. A lot of shooters are using Briley, Muller, etc these days, which I believe are classed by restriction only. If that's the case, then patterns may vary somewhat out of different barrel designs.
For a novice shooter like me, the more "advanced" aftermarket chokes are simply a way to spend money I could put into ammo or entry fees, so I'll stick with stock chokes for now until I see an advantage in the aftermarket stuff.
 
Interesting article, though it does make the point that you need to pattern the gun to see what's really happening, as I suggested also. I suspect different ammunition will yield different results as well, wads and velocity may change things.
I bought a couple of Carlson skeet tubes for my SKB last week, only to find they have the exact same size as the IC tubes that were in the gun. So, on the bright side, I saved $40 by taking them back ;)
 
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