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I have a shotgun that is a full choke?? (just a straight barrel inside) it's an older 28 inch barrelled CIL model I plan on taking duck hunting for the first time.

What shells should I buy? It can handle a 3 inch shell, and I guess I have to buy non lead shot but will stainless steel screw up the barrel?

I have heard Tungsten shotis the way to go but really have no idea.

Suggestions?
 
On the side of the barrel of your gun it should state the MAXIMUM lenght shell it will accept. I would guess it @ 2 3/4" seeing as its an older CIL model.

If its not full choke it may handle steel, but your best bet is get someone (gunsmith) to check it out for you.

If it wont handle steel the Kent Tungsten Matrix in 2 3/4" will work just fine.
 
If it's an older gun and its full choke you are limited to Kent Matrix or Bismuth shells for waterfowl......bismuth can be reloaded quite easily....the problem here is the price of any of this ammo!!
 
I would be certain that it has no choke by running a tight patch through it and feeling if there is any constriction as patch hits choke area....If it has no choke you should be o.k. with steel shot but limit your shots to close range only....Steel is a bad wounder of birds and with your thin pattern, the potential is there to wound alot of birds! If you know a reasonable gunsmith...he could install choke tubes for you!!
 
This is what is says on the side of my gun

PROOF TESTED 12 GAUGE FULL
THREE INCH CHAMBER - SERIES B

Its a CIL MOD. 607 SERIES C

As for amount of restriction from start to end of barrel-- I can stick my pointer finger in the chamber up to my middel knuckle but can hardly get my pinkie finger past the middle knuckle down the business end. (real scientific I know)
 
Thanks Wrong Way

BTW- you have some real nice woodwork there. I dabble a bit myself but defiantly not to your extent. I love it when you finish a piece and the gloss of the finish gives the wood a 3D look. Lots of that in what you have posted on your site!
 
You might consider getting a gunsmith to bore out your choke to modified or improved too. I had it done to my grandfather's old shotgun a few years back.
I think it only ran about $60. Probably cheaper in the long run than shooting bismuth or tungsten, and turns your scattergun into a decent grouse gun as well.
 
Isn't a full choke too small to fit a dime into, but a mod is bigger than a dime?

I thought that was an old timer's way to check a 12 ga.
 
Silverado said:
Isn't a full choke too small to fit a dime into, but a mod is bigger than a dime?

I thought that was an old timer's way to check a 12 ga.
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You wright a dime will not fit down a full choke barrel but will just fit down a mod.
 
I'd ream the choke out to IC and forget about it.

I have screw tubes in my 870, but IC is the only one I use (for ducks).





 
Is this gun a single shot???

If so, personally I would just buy Tungsten Matrix. It is the closest thing available to lead. And usually cheaper than bismuth, hevi, etc.

And shooting a single shot, means likely 10 shots a day at the most. Get a box of 5's for ducks and a box of 3's for geese. You don't even need 3" in TM. Just make each shot count.

Just my thought.
 
Since the gun isn't an heirloom I'd just shoot it. Use steel but don't go bigger than #1. Worst case scenario is a slight bulge at the start of the choke, on the barrel. If this is going to happen it will during the first box of shells and won't get any worse with time. There are lots of old full choke guns that guys are shooting steel through with no problems.
 
Ranger G said:
Since the gun isn't an heirloom I'd just shoot it. Use steel but don't go bigger than #1. Worst case scenario is a slight bulge at the start of the choke, on the barrel. If this is going to happen it will during the first box of shells and won't get any worse with time. There are lots of old full choke guns that guys are shooting steel through with no problems.
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My tenant up near Sudbury shoots steel in an old Savage pump with full choke and it hasn't damaged the gun. He does have major issues with it though because it won't pattern worth a damn, which is typical of steel through a full choke (or so I've heard). Personally I'd get it opened to modified or improved cyllinder because I find I use those chokes more often than full when shooting lead for small game as well.
 
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