I have a question I have #9 lead 1oz loads in remington gun club hulls WAA12 wad with 17gr of clays powder.will be shooting these in a O/U with changeable chokes F,IM,M,IC,C.what would be the best combonation of chokes for these shells.the longest of shots on our course would be 30yds +or-.thanks rembolt
Choke tube selaction for #9 shot for sporting clays
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# 9 & chokes question
Assuming you only have one of each choke, given 30 yard max presentations that are at your club, I would go CYL & IC.If you have a selective trigger, you should be good for the entire course without touching your chokes.
Number 9 shot will be deadly at those ranges.
Pete G
Assuming you only have one of each choke, given 30 yard max presentations that are at your club, I would go CYL & IC.If you have a selective trigger, you should be good for the entire course without touching your chokes.
Number 9 shot will be deadly at those ranges.
Pete G
Thanks for the replys guys I have been shooting 7 1/2 with M over IC .I was thinking where the 9 is a fair bit smaller and would have less energy I should maybe go IM over M.I guess I will stay with the M over IC and see how I make out.thanks rembolt
Me too! If you don't have Light Modified my choice would be IC.
I patterned quite a few 7/8 oz loads made with similar components for skeet and using skeet chokes (patterned both barrels). They patterned beautifully at 23 yards. Turns out I shot one round at 32 yards while testing, just for the heck of it, lord only knows what was in my mind, and noted the pattern seemed pretty open to me. I use them for skeet, of course, but I tried them for close shots in the sport clay portion of the club championship last year and did well. Normally I would do more testing, before making up my mind, but I would probably use a slightly tighter chokes at 30 yards just like others have said. Want to try a the light modified chokes some day. What's the chance they will be the solution to all my woes
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!!!???Well today i got to try out some of the #9 shot.got to the club about 8:30 got the traps set up and had just started on our first station when it started snowing .first station was a double on report 1st bird is a left to right low flyer and the 2nd is an incomeing riser.I managed a 7/10 in blizzard like conditions and the snow and wind only got worse from there.you would call for the bird and hear the trap release then try to pick it up in the driving snow.we only got to shot 25 birds befor calling it quits.I ended up with an 18/25 and I was very happy with the way the #9s perforumed.in such bad conditions.I was shooting mod over IC.
Me too, but this was a what type of choke would you use for #9 shot type of thread and not a what shot size do you use for sporting clays thread
You also forgot size 8 1/2 shot which would have made it 4 different shot sizes to carry
If your collection of hen's teeth was anything more than fiction and worth seeing, I am sure that there are many who would gladly explain the difference between 7 1/2 and 8 which BTW is 1/2
If you meant the difference between 71/2 lead shot and #8 lead shot as it applies to clay targets, I do not think it is worth the effort explaining it to someone who has obviously made up his mind.
If you care to enlighten me or anybody else why there is no difference between 7 1/2 and 8, have at it.
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I've used 9's when I've had nothing else at hand for both Sporting & 5-Stand. If you're "on" 9's will break regular targets at well beyond 30 yards, however, I find it lacking for rabbitt's at anything much past 25 yards without a little more choke.
I/Cyl is adequate for most Sporting club set-ups, however, tournament targets tend to get a little more distance on them in my part of the world. I tend to start out with Light Mod. in both barrels ( with 8's) and have been known to switch to Cylinder and 9's for some close-in stuff and go to Imp. Mod and even Full with 7-1/2's for some of the really gnarly distant targets.
Your choice of Imp.Cyl and Mod. with 9's seems to be working for you - I'd stick with it and try to judge how you're breaking the targets "on average" ... a lot of "smoke", I'd back down in choke ... a lot of "chips" I'd tighten-up .... but having said that, I know of more than a few top-notch FITASC and Sporting Shooters who shoot fixed-choke Full & Full at everything. If you're "on" you're "on" ... but not a lot of leeway for error !
I/Cyl is adequate for most Sporting club set-ups, however, tournament targets tend to get a little more distance on them in my part of the world. I tend to start out with Light Mod. in both barrels ( with 8's) and have been known to switch to Cylinder and 9's for some close-in stuff and go to Imp. Mod and even Full with 7-1/2's for some of the really gnarly distant targets.
Your choice of Imp.Cyl and Mod. with 9's seems to be working for you - I'd stick with it and try to judge how you're breaking the targets "on average" ... a lot of "smoke", I'd back down in choke ... a lot of "chips" I'd tighten-up .... but having said that, I know of more than a few top-notch FITASC and Sporting Shooters who shoot fixed-choke Full & Full at everything. If you're "on" you're "on" ... but not a lot of leeway for error !
