I have seen it mentioned several times here about the older shotguns being choked about one size tighter than what there marked. I understand that this is because of the older guns were patterned with the older paper shells and wads and required tighter construction to pattern. Then when modern shells are shotin older guns they pattern quite a bit tighter. Ive had this experance with a 64 12ga super and a 72 bss 12 ga. Both guns were marked full and mod and the fulls were way tight and the mods were tighter than what i thought a full should be
I recently got a 20ga 1960 super marked skt/skt which is exactly what i wanted cus i plan on shooting skeet with it and maybe the odd quail.
I havent shot guis thing much but enough to know that im not breaking as many clays as i think i should and damn it seems to be choked tighter than skeet. Today i broke down and measured the barrels and i see why. It's plainly marked from the factory skt/skt and both barrels measure mod and mod or .610 and .610. Ive got a box of choke tubes carlsons and Briley and a couple mullers invectors and invector plus from guns I've owned and sold over the years and i measured all of them and all manufacturers both invector and pluses skeet
chokes all measure.625 and the improved cyl .620 and the mods measure.610
I read that most people don't want to 20ga guns marked skeet as its a undesirable choke for hunting and to those i say it may be worth a few dollars you can save buying a skt choked gun to measure the barrels and if you're gonna shoot modern ammo you may be buying a mod and mod choked gun
Now im trying to decide if i wanta send my barrels out and have them opened to Skt and skt as marked? Seems like its always something aint it?
I recently got a 20ga 1960 super marked skt/skt which is exactly what i wanted cus i plan on shooting skeet with it and maybe the odd quail.
I havent shot guis thing much but enough to know that im not breaking as many clays as i think i should and damn it seems to be choked tighter than skeet. Today i broke down and measured the barrels and i see why. It's plainly marked from the factory skt/skt and both barrels measure mod and mod or .610 and .610. Ive got a box of choke tubes carlsons and Briley and a couple mullers invectors and invector plus from guns I've owned and sold over the years and i measured all of them and all manufacturers both invector and pluses skeet
chokes all measure.625 and the improved cyl .620 and the mods measure.610
I read that most people don't want to 20ga guns marked skeet as its a undesirable choke for hunting and to those i say it may be worth a few dollars you can save buying a skt choked gun to measure the barrels and if you're gonna shoot modern ammo you may be buying a mod and mod choked gun
Now im trying to decide if i wanta send my barrels out and have them opened to Skt and skt as marked? Seems like its always something aint it?