Shotgun Chokes

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Not sure if this is in the right forum or not...but here goes anyway.

I'm looking at buying a 12 gauge shotgun and I will be mainly hunting partridge, deer, and waterfowl.

The deer and partridge hunting is in heavy brush and rarely in open fields or open areas.

I understand that rifled slugs are used in a shotgun barrel with no choke or cylinder bore and that sabot slugs are used in rifled shotgun barrels.

What choke would I use for partridge hunting, waterfowl hunting, and deer hunting with bb's or buckshot?

Any information is appreciated.

Thanks.
 
All depending on distance your shooting but heres what i use

Partridge - Lead Shot - Full Choke
Waterfowl - Steel Shot - Mod Choke
Deer - never hunted deer before but if i were using buckshot id want something that would hold a tight pattern at a long distance so maybe a Extra Full or some sort of turkey choke

Also all this will depend on ammo, and shotgun, what patterns good in somebody else gun, doesn't mean it will pattern the same in yours
 
Partridge: Early in the season before the leaves are off the trees, and the grouse are still uneducated, I find the shooting is close up and fast, which sounds like what you described, I use a improved cylinder choke. Later on in the season, I move to a modified choke, and if they are skittish and the shots are long, I go to a full choke, but I rarely find the need for that.

Waterfowl: Hunting waterfowl over decoys, I tend to use improved cylinder again, if they aren't decoying well, or for pass shooting I'll go to modified. Never put steel through a full choke, some people have with no problems, however many have had issues with it. I have seen a couple of burst barrels from it.

Deer: I'm not sure what you mean by BBs, however if you actually mean BB sized shot, it is too small and won't kill a deer reliably. For buckshot, I prefer 000 and 00, and wouldn't use anything smaller. I use a full choke, and keep my shots under 30 yards or so. Buckshot really is sketchy for deer, and outside of a few specific circumstances, I don't like it at all. You can put rifled slugs through any standard choke, try them out and see which one works best for you.

I hope this is helpful.
 
I use open chokes for everything from partridge to geese to deer, and from skeet#9's to slugs in my 20 gauge.
The tightest I have ever gone is to a modified, but I prefer and get tighter patterns with steel with imp/cyl, skeet, and cyl chokes.
if I had to choose two it would be skt/impcyl, if only one, imp/cyl.

Cat
 
Everybody has pretty much answered your question so far, except for rifled slugs. Although, you can put a slug through most chokes, it's not a good idea to put it through full/extra full chokes. An Improved cylinder is idea for almost all rifled slug applications. Maybe a modified, but no tighter.
 
Lot's of chokes all have there purpose.
Extra and ultra full: Turkey #9 to buck
Full: For lead only #9 to buck shot or slugs
Mod: for steel Water fowl steel shot or lead or slugs
Improved mod: same as above
Skeet: self expanitory
Cylinder bore: all of the above
Rifled choke:Sabot&Rifled slugs

Also there are other companys that manufature chokes for example Carlsons.
Dead coyote: for heavy shot and lead
Extended full: for steel and heavy shot

But to be honest modifed will do most of the time. just my 2 penny's worth.
 
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