How to Choose the Right Choke Tube | How to Shotgun #8

How to Choose the Right Choke Tube | How to Shotgun: There's no question that when it comes to choke tubes, there are A LOT of options. Even if you're using the factory chokes that came with your gun, how do you know which one to use? Today, we're deeply diving into how choke tubes work and how you can decide which one to pull out the next time you shoot. You ready? Let's go!
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[@terrysims6279]

Son I’m 69 today I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your videos and the information that you deliver keep on being the blessing that you are to those of us who enjoy your informative videos and the success you have been able to achieve in your shooting

[@nunyabusiness2127]

Great video overall. As for ported vs non-ported...ported chokes are a marketing gimmick. Nothing more. I have both ported and non-ported Carlson Cremator chokes. Using the same 1301 and the same Federal lead shot (7.5 shot @ 1oz), there is no recoil reduction and no change in muzzle rise. The only difference I can see is that the non-ported tubes pattern better! The ported tubes are going back.

[@RNC_GSP_1969]

Interesting. I'm thinking that you're not seeing a noticeable difference because the loads you're shooting is relatively light. Imo, you might notice more of a difference if you shoot 3" or 3.5" shells. However, I personally haven't tested this theory. Thanks for the information.

[@nunyabusiness2127]

@@RNC_GSP_1969 That's a fair assessment. I choose the light loads for 3-gun not hunting.

[@darkwolf527gr.3]

I got a remington 1100 with a 30" full choke barrel and its just perfect for me

[@10glocks40]

I always tend to fall back on Carlsons chokes. I've had a load of different brands: Patternmaster, Kicks, Trulock, Indian Creek, Briley, etc. For a specific type of shooting, it always seems Carlsons has a choke that does a little better than the other brands. Longbeard XR chokes: Carlsons Longbeard XR and Patternmaster Code Black are my two best, but the Carlsons conistently patterns more densely and evenly. Buckshot chokes: Carlsons BS, Trulock Deerstroyer, Kicks Buck Kicker, Patternmaster Big Game, but the Carlsons and the Trulock are the best in my guns with 00 and 000 shot. TSS: my Carlsons extended TSS chokes pattern as well as my Indian Creeks without getting all eaten up inside by the TSS shot, which tends to chew up the wad stripping rings and parallel section of the Indian Creek. If I had one brand to rely on, it would be Carlsons. Most have been very good. None have been poor. Carlsons seems to hit the sweet spot with their shooting-type-specific chokes more consistently than the others.

[@harleyeg05]

I love this video. Thank you for sharing the website. I am new to shotguns and I am Dove, Quail, Pheasant hunting for the first time in my life this year. Great thought process and thank you for explaining the big picture and talking about patterning, chokes, and ammo. It helps us newbies take the baby steps that we need to do and know, so that we can enjoy and have fun! Keep them coming!

[@macmccollum6064]

Great video. Chokes do have a purpose and it takes experimenting to determine the best size. Very disappointed in Weatherby's lack of choke choice for their shotguns. Weatherby won't even post a review on their website if there is a negative comment regarding their limited choke selection. When buying a shotgun, know your options.

[@user-bo2el9rw1v]

Can't get enough of you instruction. Thank you.

[@MrMikeChain]

Excellent video! I'm new to this subject and learned exactly what I needed and more! Thank you

[@wizardofahhhs759]

Carlson makes great chokes and they're not expensive.

[@wizardofahhhs759]

@@harryo2253 Cheap compared to most other top brands like Briley for instance.

[@edbigtruck]

There’s a really good video from CZ comparing 28ga to 12ga at 25 yards with same size shot and choke and how more effective the amount of shot is inside the target compared to not. To show how effective 28 ga is.

[@hammyh1165]

20g normally patterns better than 12g too

[@edbigtruck]

@@hammyh1165 20Ga. Is the best all around and a lot easier to carry all day bird hunting.

[@adamshepherd1949]

Look up muller chokes. Try and review one of those.

[@johnwilkerson2195]

Don't know alot bout different choke tubes but your videos are very helpful thanks!

[@jeffreylocke8808]

I use Trulock chokes and mine are blackened stainless steel extended and ported and I use improved cylinder in my lower barrel and my improved modified in my upper barrel.

[@uebe8669]

For my 20 gauge Weatherby O/U I have a full set of 6 trulock chokes and absolutely love them. Great for upland and clays. On my Beretta A300 Ultima, I have a Patternmaster Code Black Duck I love to shoot but I have beretta factory extended chokes that I bought off their site. For IC and Mod and they absolutely crush. One of the best combos for ducks at basically any range is 9 shot TSS with the IC in a waterfowl load. However, slower shot with the Patternmaster is just a lethal combo.

[@michaelmosley1817]

What choke you recommend for dove hunting ? I see carlsons has a white wing dove choke , was thinking light modified . I dont attempt crazy long shots . Max maybe 35 yards . 12 gauge monte

[@The_Devil_Riser]

In the uk , I’m sure if you have fixed choke you can send the barrels to Teague and they will drill and tap the barrel to make it multi choke , I would have thought you have companies in the US that do the same

[@grr1483]

Loved your video Steve. Would like to see you address the topic of barrel length someday. It's almost as bewildering as choke tubes. why are there ranges from 26" to 32"? Benefits and disadvantages of each for different purposes (skeet / trap) and different game birds? Example, if shooting geese consistently at 40 yards+ are you better with a longer barrel? Same with trap? And the combination affects of choke tubes with different barrel lengths... Should I not be concerned with barrel length?

[@briantrent1155]

I usually run a light modified on my beretta a400 and browning with 28 inch barrel. I recently got an a400 with 30 inch barrel and noticed with a lm the pattern was barely larger than the clay at 35-40 yards and i had to switch to a improved cylinder to make a bigger pattern. Same for my browning with 32 inch barrels. I also had to switch from 7.5 loads to #8’s. In the world of sporting clays ive learned a lot of things go into play for pattern and leading a target.

[@attananightshadow]

My wife and I use Carlson cremators and patternmaster code blacks (Mobil, Optima+, and inventor+) some of the cremators are ported, some aren’t. The variance on patterns is +\- -4-5% depending on which load is being used. In our most commonly used ammo (score 3” 1 1/4oz #2 1550 fps) they’re within 2%. In the field there is absolutely zero noticeable difference, but hey, use whatever is good enough and gives you the confidence to hit with.

[@jonathanstaley3883]

Awesome info! Thanks bud🙏🏆

[@ralphgross4370]

I enjoy your videos. I'm an avid trap, skeet and sporting clays shooter. Modern guns with choke tube sets present us with many options compared to the fixed choke days of my youth. This video is very good for lead shooters, but many "clay" target clubs across the USA and Europe are switching to "only" steel shot shells for environmental reasons. Would you consider producing another choke tube selection video for steel shot clay shooters? Regardless of manufacturer, we accept that a modified choke with steel shot equates to a full choke with lead shot. However, when we start shooting handicap yardages, that a "Modified (full)" choke that patterns great at 27, or 23 yardages may not be the best choke for 16 yd when something more open might give us a tad more forgiveness. We're always looking for an edge. I think you'd be a good guy to examine and recommend choke tube selections for steel target shot at various yardages. Steel shot choke tube patterns have been covered well for hunters, but little choke tube pattern comparison is available to us steel shot clay target shooters besides charts.

[@frankmccarthy2624]

I own Benelli and Guerini shotguns and the factory choke tubes work pretty damn well. I’ve used aftermarket chokes for things like turkey hunting. Patternmaster is what use now. But you can use TSS with a Benelli full choke just fine at 45-50. I’ve done it. In CA we have to shoot steel or non toxic even at upland birds so I tend to use modified or less for that because steel patterns tighter generally. Honestly upland #7 steel with an IC Benelli choke shoots tight enough that a few doves have come down literally without heads…I haven’t identified any aftermarket chokes what would do better. I use #6 upland steel for quail with an IC factory choke and it flattens them, even in 20 gauge. I’ve found extended chokes come loose faster and more easily. So you have to check them every several rounds.

[@blainehass9127]

Really like your channel. Just subscribed. So Much info, I'm going to have to watch it for DAYS!

[@willcrockett6707]

Outstanding video, Steve! Thank you so much for clearing up the fog of mystery surrounding after Mark chokes. Everybody claims to be the best! Ha ha. Thank you!

[@fuelman524]

Steve great channel. Love the videos. Just a heads up, ported chokes are not intended to reduce recoil, muzzle flip or anything other than separating the wad from the shot column as rapidly as possible. Do a test… same gun, same load, ported choke vs non ported check out how fast the wad falls away.

[@thomasmerritt9041]

What gun was that you had it looks killer

[@hughchen9683]

Amazing video, extremely informative and educational. Your video is THE best manual for newer shotgun enthusiast.

[@larrymiller9558]

ahh very informative tks for sharing

[@Rad_Dad87]

What hearing protection are you using?

[@SladeDoll]

Review the Impala plus shotguns

[@travisweldmaster7815]

My factory chokes, well 3 of them are briley extended, they do great lol

[@MultiMrNoone]

What ear pro do you like to use? They look convenient.

[@briangontarski]

What is a good combo of chokes and a typical trap club setup?

[@125saito]

I would like to see a pattern test done on an over under to see how consistent one barrel is to the other. Say a Browning CX or really any field grade to cross over grade o/u. Great channel and great work. Thank you.

[@travisweldmaster7815]

Cremator LR please. I use it for everything from clay bird to real ones

[@GamersUnion101]

Same once you get good with the LR on clays birds are done

[@travisweldmaster7815]

@@GamersUnion101 yessum, correct

[@attananightshadow]

We use mid range cremators for upland, and long range for waterfowl and they work great. Though i primarily use a patternmaster code black because I don’t use ammo with flight control wads and it looks cooler… same results.

[@m.loughlin1915]

I couldn't care less which is the "best" choke tube. I'm one of them old dinosaurs who prefers the old fixed choke barrels for my 870s. Got a buddy that believes interchangeable tubes are the best thing since sliced bread. I can change barrels faster than he can change tubes. To each his own. BTW......Got my 30" Full choke barrel equipped with sights for turkeys. For Trap doubles, Skeet, and pheasants, I use my 28" plain Modified barrel. My 26" Skeet 1 choke barrel is for home defense. I keep it simple. Simple works!

[@Allsznhunter]

Nice vid my man, love seeing about all the different chokes, fairly recent I bout a Sx4 and I find the factory invector plus chokes it comes with to not be really tru to there constriction, and I've been looking for replacements to just make it more tru to what I'm use to, I mainly shoot a full but do bump down to a mod at times, I mainly hunt doves, ducks, turkeys and the occasional goose or two, I'd like a good IC,M,F that I can shoot steel and tungsten and bismuth and ofc lead through without having to worry about my factory chokes or bulging my barrel out, preferably extended chokes, any help would be greatly appreciated, stay target focused😎

[@JorgeGarcia-hu1qj]

I can’t find those gold colored sporting clays chokes. A lil help here please!

[@Dr.KennethNoisewater]

Your twin brother runs Premier Outdoor Living channel haha🤣

[@aimkhan83]

There’s a new Benelli in the market. Benelli Belmonte. Would love to see your take on it.

[@hunterketcham4963]

Awesome thanks for the content What kind of clay thrower do you use

[@freshoutdoordude258]

Would like a review of the mossberg gold reserve 20 gauge 30 in barrell

[@D_A_D_]

I think this one got left out of the how to shotgun Playlist and the one on lead is in there twice somehow

[@thomasbrooks8112]

I'm looking at Trulock choke tubes, but if like to know what difference in patterns I'd see using flush mount versus extended choke tubes for my 20 gauge CZ Redhead deluxe o/u shotgun? Would there be much difference when using chokes with the same constriction? The flush mount are half the price of the extended chokes, and if there's little or no difference I'd prefer to save money with the flush chokes.

[@kingd5664]

Can you do a best patterning choke tube vid please

[@DrDuckMD]

I like a 60% pattern. I’m usually not taking extremely far shots.

[@jacqueskabban4194]

Hi Steve, what's the difference between: modified Steel choke tube vs modified lead choke tube. If i use lead shots,& what makes a better pattern for a range of 30 meters.

[@schneidersreptiles843]

When are you gonna do a review on the Remington v3

[@attananightshadow]

I guess they’d still need to make it to be relevant.

[@schneidersreptiles843]

They did make a Remington v3 He showed it in a video he made about more shotguns he got in from reeds

[@JoeyNocchi]

what do u think of Benelli AI barrell?

[@christopherconnellyjr1387]

Could you do a bretta A400 extreme plus with pattern master code black duck ? Shooting migra 2/4’s ??

[@MrMeandi13]

Thanks from Australia

[@Chuck-x5t]

The choke tube varies from gun to gun

[@frederickandersen8284]

If the "shot", of a shotgun shell is contained in plastic shot cup (from the chamber thru and out of the barrel), how can a choke constrict the shot?

[@juanzuniga5976]

What is the best chocke for buck and hunting at under 50yd.

[@hquiller]

Good to know. But, most of my shotguns doesn't use choke tubes. I have 16 sbotguns and only 4 have chole tubes (11-87, 2 870s ang a Baikal O/U). The rest are over 50 years old of manufacture.

[@thatlilbkid]

Could you review the Remington v3?

[@JerrelBaker-vo8xv]

Is there a chock manufacturer that makes a rifled tube.

[@pedrojsanchezalvarado5569]

Muy buenos videos 🇪🇨🇪🇨👍

[@tiba.2284]

Muller chokes mfr for your actual gun, shotguns have different bore measurements, not one size fits all, like most choke manufacturers produce. Get a choke that is made for your particular shotgun, and Pattern your gun, so important. Also, Muller has a 60 day money back guarantee, no matter how many rounds you've ran through it, they will even swap it out, to see if a different model works better for your gun !!

[@Sardarhussain248]

Dear i have browning gold hunter with 26 inch barrel suggest me best extended choke for waterfowl ? And one more thing 26 inch barrel really effect the pattern?

[@robo2901]

Is there a tube for slugs or just use no choke tube?

[@dennisvandergriff7757]

Muller is tops as well . Just ask Joel at Surviving Duck Sesaon

[@UrCheecks65]

needing a review on the citadel katac, sub 200$ semi auto

[@shanestansberry8438]

Out of the factory chokes what’s the best choke for clays

[@parrisgeorge9708]

Do you mean constriction, brand, particular game?

[@dancramer2471]

Great video thank you for putting it out for us. I was wondering when testing to see what ammo works best do you recommend shooting 1 round 5 rounds a box of 25? Thank you

[@Mauser304]

Many of the aftermarket makers also build OEM tubes, both the internal type and extended.

[@jasontipton8430]

Great info

[@troyderoinjr6926]

My 12ga panzer eg200 smokes the hell out of your partner do you know if theres a good cylinder choke with ports to help not gas out my friend im sure being in a blind and letting off how ever many round and theres nothing but a smoke cloud do you think a extended ported cylinder choke would be good for the high power slugs i run with the gas

[@pedrojsanchezalvarado5569]

Buenas mi amigo cual seria un choke para una remington expres 870

[@catalinmenghita1529]

Bună seara șocuri externe pentru armă wincester sxp pompă cal 12 aveți și cum pot intra in posesia lor?

[@tzavitmolla4048]

Hello guys can somebody help me I have B.xtreme plus and I hunt wildboar I’m looking for choke to shot the bucks 50-60 yards also I use slugs I found the kicks buck kicker but its not possible to shot slugs 😏

[@donaldcase2971]

How about deer !

[@ChrissyAllen-yu1mc]

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[@scottperson9487]

Website is not very good.

[@timeverett7828]

In my experience... ported choke doesn't pattern as well as unported chokes. Extended chokes make very little difference. With today's technology in shotgun wads... this is where the real differences are. People also tend to use to tight of a constriction on their shotguns. People routinely over estimate how far their target is.

[@luckyjim51]

Ok.... This is a bag of wind sales pitch.. lol? Let see this head to head on paper... pick one and show us the difference vs a factory tube.... you could have just said a choke tube and left a link to manufacturers.... you started well, so watched it. I was so offended I had to leave a comment on lack of content....

[@waratahdavid696]

Not bad, too much focus on presenter, not enough on the objects.

[@johnathongraham7222]

Y u promote hevi 30%bismuth but not boss?

[@ndpike13]

Why would you want ported? They hurt your pattern more than help.

[@Strub3]

Do you have data to back that up or are you just saying what you believe to be true, but haven’t really tried it?

[@ndpike13]

​@Strub3 look up surviving duck season he did a 44 choke tube test, 100% of ported tubes were less consistent than nonported.

[@marks3577]

@@ndpike13That was a good video, I never would have thought that.

[@FORDEVR]

I love Joel Stricklands video series! I just posted my own video and got totally different results with Müllers than Joel Strickland. The only difference was I’m using a BB load instead of his duck load. PATTERNING YOUR SHOTGUN IS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WHAT YOUR SHOTGUN AMMO AND TUBE WILL DO.!!!

[@aarongilbertson3074]

Ports don’t make a difference

[@bentleyfatheree1616]

Chokes are overrated. Learn to shoot first ... barrel speed has to be moving at the same speed as the bird. That = more kills

[@general-Lee-700]

I make my own chokes and each one of them have a nickname my Browning 10ga pump and I made a 6inch XXXL full choke I call the pterodactyl choke I even laser pterodactyl on the choke and can I do say that it does have a vary tight pattern im talking about 80 yards and number 4 3and a half inch high brass turkey load tight as a baseball but when I'm turkey hunting with that thing I would make sure that there's nothing behind it coz even at 80-something yards against stood take the turkey out but all my chokes are make from iron or thick steel and for my 12ga i have a choke i call the vaporizer and it's God's name for a good reason it will vaporize a squirrel out of decent 40 yards using 6and a half shot in a 3inch high brass shell

[@ImOldGregg]

Dafuq

[@general-Lee-700]

English

[@ImOldGregg]

@@general-Lee-700 no u

[@general-Lee-700]

It's cheaper only 50$ and time to kill and I can make shotgun chokes free

[@mrsmartypants_1]

Huh. Are you a machinist by trade?

[@keith455-73]

I don’t remember my dads Ithaca 12ga. Having any choke at all, I do not think that it did I believe that it was full open barrel.

[@joshwinsor5054]

It would of been a fixed choke my grandpa had a fixed full choke