barrel choke ????

[billyboyr6]

tring to learn what chokes are for what? and how they range from more tight to more open. i find myself asking things like is mod. a tighter group than imp.cyl? and rifled choke for smoothe bore slug barrel, wich slugs should i shoot? can i shoot a slug out of a mod. fixed barrel? that soart of stuff. any info would be aprciated.

 

[Josh Ward]

Chokes constrict the shot as it exits the barrel, the tighter (more constriction) the more dense the shot pattern.

In order of least to most construction: Cyl, Imp Cyl, Lt Mod, Mod, Imp Mod, Full, Ex Full

 

[AFA1CY]

TheGunSource: shotgun_choke_types

 

[CountryBoy19]

Chokes constrict the shot as it exits the barrel, the tighter (more constriction) the more dense the shot pattern.

In order of least to most construction: Cyl, Imp Cyl, Lt Mod, Mod, Imp Mod, Full, Ex Full

You also have several "specialty" chokes. One that I know of is a "skeet" choke, which fits in between cyl and imp cyl IIRC.

Regarding shooting slugs through a choke, IMHO I wouldn't shoot them through anything more than a mod or maybe imp mod, but depending on the gun, choke type (fixed or removable), and slug type or design a Full choke may be ok. There are a lot of variables to deal with. Trying to fit a very hard alloy slug through a hole thats much smaller than it is on a barrel that is thin, or on threads that are weak, may cause the barrel steel to give way before the slug does.