Sporting clay chokes

greekguy76

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Hi I have a benelli nova pump and was wondering what the best choke would be for sporting clays ? What is the main chokes that you all use in yor guns with much sucsess ???
I am new to sporting clays if that makes a diffrents , not sure if newbies tend to use difrent chokes than the vetrans !
 
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IC is a good place to start and you might end up staying there. Most people I compete with that use a single barrel are using M or IM.
 
Targets are three distances:

In your face -- Cylinder or Skeet

Out there -- IC, Light Mod (SK2)

HOLY S**T!!! -- Mod to Full

Presentation matters too. A rising teal, chandelle or tower presentation where you see the full belly of the bird can be hit at long distances with an open choke. But an edge on crosser even at reasonably close distances might require something a little tighter.

My preference is to slightly overchoke. I want enough pellets in the pattern to know that I am not going to have holes that a target can slip through.

I don't worry about chokes too much while shooting sporting. Changing chokes is the last thing I think about. I'd rather sort out the target line, foot position, gun hold, eye hold and my shootin plan first. If there is enough time left then I'll think about changing chokes. Most days you will find me with Light Modified chokes.
 
CB,
I like your description of distance and presentations. For an old Claybustin dude like yourself LM is a good choice. For a newbie I would suggest IC or Skeet and not worry about fiddling with tubes for a while.
 
I concur, start out with an open choke, and proceed to step down as your skill increases.

You may miss some long ones due to the wide pattern, but as a noob I could argue you would have missed them anyway. ;) :D

I kid, as I'm still developing my game myself, but I like IC 80% of the time, and mod when I see the guys have set some high and away machines. I found I over choked my gun when I started, and it slowed my development as I didn't get enough weak hits and chips to tell if I was getting closer or not. When I opened up to cylinder, my counts doubled (even if some were only chips), and as I got the feel for range and lead, I stepped down to IC to reduce the holes and break the clays more definitively. I also open up to cylinder when shooting a tight walking course and rabbit targets under 50 feet, and even the experts all seem to shoot cylinder or skeet on that course.

BTW, The competitors and better shots at our club seem to do very well with full over mod in their O/U's so they can shoot both the long and high ones when the time comes. Of course they are very practiced, so it is less about just hitting the clay, and more about pulverizing it. ;D
 
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