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iam looking for a skeet choke for my beretta 391 is there a difference between a flush mount and a extended ported ,,other then the looks of course,,
 
Ported chokes are an abomination. They require far too much time to clean & do very little over non ported chokes in reducing recoil or muzzle jump.

Extended chokes help protect the muzzle of the gun & are easier to change, I have not noticed any difference in patterning compared to flush fitting chokes.
 
Beretta's OEM Skeet chokes work just fine in the 391's, whether Mobil or Optima Versions, flush or extended.

I would stay away from ported or vented chokes entirely.

I much prefer the extended versions ... like the Mobil "Victory" series or the colour coded Optimas.
Much easier to change (no tools required) long enough to get a firm grip on them to brush out any crud & plastic fouling, and the colour-coding tells you at
a quick glance what choke is in place. For Skeet you might prefer the blue banded Cylinder choke, the red-banded Skeet or ( somewhat tougher to find )
the purple-banded American Skeet. Nominally, Cylinder is no constriction, Skeet is .003" and American Skeet .007". All three will give decent breaks at 21 yards
however, the .007" chokes are noticeably tighter without being over-choked.
 
On an auto the extended is easier to change but not so much the case on a double.

Unless ur a competition shooter AND you test /pattern ur gun then the extra cost isn't worth it IMO. Ur better off buying 3-4 flush chokes in different constrictions compared to 1-2 extended ported for the same $$
 
I'm not sure what the availability is like in Ontario, I shoot with a couple of guys that have Beretta Optima system on their guns, extended tubes are hard to find down here and about $100 a piece when found. One guy ordered his directly through Carlson to get a set. The main benefits to extended are as mentioned, no tools required to change and instant confirmation of what choke is in the gun. My Benelli uses Mobil chokes, and I have seen no reason to go to extended, it's used primarly for skeet so I leave the skeet choke always in the barrel, swapping it out only when I intend to shoot a round of Trap, returning the Skeet choke to the barrel when done.
 
In terms of convenience, flush-mounted choke tubes suck - period. And if you accidentally ding the end of the muzzle, you're screwed.
 
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