Are You Using The Correct Chokes? - Shotgun Chokes Explained

[@harleyquinn6774]

A very short answer to your question.... Yes Alex I want you to do more videos, in fact do them all!

[@davefarrar7435]

Using the paper cones was brilliant.

[@Jolly56Roger]

Yes it was clever

[@user-bd6nm7du2j]

Time for David to hand the reins over to this young man for video presentations.......excellent and informative, well done!!

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Wow, thanks!

[@HALWG51]

I fully agree

[@FourT6and22]

I keep it simple and just use LM in both barrels all the time (sporting clays). If I miss, it's not because of the chokes.

[@cdsmith1990]

Agree, they'll work for 90% of typical sporting clays, the rest is just technique

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Yes 100%, technique first. Theres a reason that the top sporting shooters use 10-£20k guns but they definitely didn’t start on them!

[@the45er]

Exactly!

[@gordonturner7929]

I have always used 1/4 & 1/4 for all my game shooting. A very good informative video - well done Alex.

[@kelvynbettridge]

Look forward to seeing you both participating in shoot off / comparison videos

[@scottjohns4067]

Great vid, well done, keep these coming. Thanks!

[@johnwashingtoncountyor4954]

My questions have been answered. Thank you from the USA.

[@twinpotracer]

what a bloody lovely video simplify at its best

[@DFox-ud3gx]

I love hearing about chokes.... I like 1/2 - 1/2 choke . Small course's close I use 1/4 - 1/4 at the close stations. But 90% I like 1/2 chokes

[@keithmasek2855]

Great presentation and informative.

[@macbilling6410]

Alex.Very interesting and informative, easy to understand to. Like you i shoot a Blaser F3 Custom exclusive scroll and always use 1/4 & 1/2 choke. Please keep the Videos coming.

[@martinsteven2643]

Good video. I tend to stick to 1/4, 1/4 for Sporting and Game. 1/2 and 3/4 for Trap and Skeet and Skeet for you guessed it Skeet? I do have a set of 3/8ths which I use on the harder layouts. But as you say technique is everything so I tend not to change chokes too often.

[@Willenium2k4]

I tend to stick between Half and Full which I find is generally a good range for me. I've recently bought extended Mod and Improved Mod for my Silver Pigeon, and only plan to change them out on the rare occasions that I'm required to shoot steel. For clays I really rate this configuration.

[@BecauseWhyNot660]

Well done! Best explanation I've seen so far!

[@Bunduki]

Professional presentation, the new voice for TSC.

[@andyhill8312]

I've been using 3/8 & 3/8 for the last 3 year's and it seems to work.

[@cdub11121]

As an American, I run IC and IC in both barrels for sporting. I believe that this 1/4 and 1/4. If I don't break a target, I know that it's me not my chokes that is the cause. Thanks for the informative video.

[@user-rd8ei9mi3w]

Well done young man. Excellent presentation and easy to follow. You will do well and make a good instructor at some stage. Get David to take you on plenty of game shoots.😁 👌

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@kevinchapman3403]

Very concise. Well explained and informative. Presentation was good too. Congratulations.

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@jasonfoy452]

Well said young man, clear, concise, true .

[@HALWG51]

IC and LM for the sporting clays course I shoot. SK and SK in the 5 stand I shoot. If I'm shooting my semi-auto I use LM on the course and SK in the 5 stand. That varies depending on the course. I occasionally shoot a course with much longer targets. Then I use M. I don't shoot clays with anything tighter than M (1/2).

[@stevedudley3322]

Please Alex do more presentations. I use 1/2 and 1/2 and forget the rest

[@Jolly56Roger]

Same here

[@leifnelson6705]

Content is great, nice change from gun reviews.

[@nigeldavidson5169]

Great video so well presented.🎉

[@nicholasrichards2402]

David your finished Alex please take over at least we can understand what your saying

[@dalehurst]

definitely more video please, it was very clear and informative

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Thank you! Will do!

[@jamesjohnson7905]

I'm with George on this one full and full unless it's steel shot then it's the tightest allowed .

[@invisibleme4394]

2 x 5/8 - if you cant hit a bird at 20yards it's not the chokes fault.

[@rogerh3642]

1/2 and 1/2 for game, 1/2 and 3/4 for high game birds, 1/4 and 1/2 for sporting clays does it for me .

[@shaunharris3690]

Well said 👍🏻

[@George-j3r]

Great video, very helpful to novices new to the sport! I have a 28 Bore would you say chokes are similar considering the diameter of the barrel being much smaller? I understand you have to be far more accurate with a 28 bore just wondering how much of a part it has to play.

[@Jolly56Roger]

1/2 & 1/2 for me. Very good review 👍

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Good choice!

[@markdelaney-ux3zj]

What do you think of 3/8 in both ?

[@Ididntwantahandle]

Nice video!! 🎉😊 very good presentation

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Thank you! 😃

[@braddondlinger5104]

Looking forward to seeing a review on Fossari.

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Okay yeah well add it to the list

[@dgoodman1484]

Well done! However it’s not everything a guy needs to know about chokes. For instance, many people don’t understand that when buying multi chokes, that just because you have a Browning (just an example) doesn’t mean you can just buy a Browning multi choke and expect it to fit. A multi choke needs to match exactly the internal diameter of your barrel. Manufacturers make barrels to different internal diameters so they aren’t all going to be the same. Also you mentioned pattern spread but not pattern density which many dont understand. For instance a side on clay has less surface area then one showing belly and is not only a smaller target, it is harder to break. The harder to break can be solved by using a larger shot size but now your pattern density is even worse so you may want a slightly tighter pattern to increase the shot density. I’ve heard people say they plan on just using their skeet gun to shoot trap because the larger pattern will make the target much easier to hit. Problem is that they aren’t considering that patterns shot density nor how fast their skeet #9 shot loses momentum in order to break an edge on trap target. Anyway, just something you may want to address on another video perhaps. 👍🏼

[@philpinkney9238]

Good job👍

[@martynf65uk]

Please do present more videos

[@TheConfederate1863]

In many European countries you have to shoot steel and this way you can’t use full choke for example

[@tomlongbow]

Good job. Thank you ! Greetings from Germany 👋🏻

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Thank you too!

[@glennandersen4748]

I use light mod x2 on my sporting gun.

[@chrisw9854]

I never knew skeet chokes were between cylinder and quarter. Always assumed they were widest!

[@dgoodman1484]

In the US anyway, skeet I is between cylinder and improved cylinder and skeet II, between improved cylinder and modified. Years ago skeet II was generally called light modified 👍🏼

[@user-im9ov9ud7m]

Ohhh, its chokes, all right.! 😸

[@leohaywood-farmer1662]

I have the same in both barrels and I know that it’s not the equipment that is going wrong but when I do miss, it’s my fault

[@michaelfrost9896]

what about 3/8 5/8 7/8? no mention?

[@sabrehohoho7681]

If there any vacancy, please. 🤔🤔

[@andrewhornet3786]

Tube Grease.

[@saleembarmania5295]

What do different chokes do to the length of the shot column?

[@Jolly56Roger]

The tighter the choke the longer the shot column.

[@saleembarmania5295]

@@Jolly56Roger the Ballistic High Speed guys should demonstrate this.

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

Yeah this is correct, unfortunately not something we could easily demonstrate, however we encourage any other youtube channels that can to demonstrate for us 🙏🏼

[@larryconner363]

I always believed, the tighter the pattern, the longer the column. But I had a level three instructor tell me it only affects the diameter of the pattern, and the shot stream is the same. Would love to have it proved.

[@dgoodman1484]

Personally I think shot column length is way overhyped considering the shot is traveling 20 times the speed of the target. Which means on a right angle target for every two inches forward the target moves the shot string will travel 40 inches.

[@dougsabo7794]

Multi chokes are a joke ! You either hit it or you miss it ! It's a dumb way to approach a shooting problem.

[@TSCTheshootingchannel]

To some extent yeah, but that being said, your 10x more likely to miss a 40 yard driven target with a cylinder choke 👍🏼

[@dgoodman1484]

Likewise trying to shoot skeet or a 10 yard bouncing clay rabbit with a fixed choke trap gun is far from ideal. 👍🏼