Use the improved cylinder that came with your gun. Don't waste $ of aftermarket chokes.

 

Beretta only ships this gun with the Full, Mod, and Cylinder flush mount chokes.

 

If you keep your shots under 40 yards IC would be my choice. Steel #3 shot on big ducks, #4 on wood ducks and smaller and BBB on Canada geese are what I use. I would suggest that if you go for geese and the shots are longer go to Light Modified. Remember that these chokes usually will pattern steel shot tighter than lead shot. For example, my Briley IC gives me a modified pattern at 40 yards with steel shot. When we get lots of birds decoying well I often put in a skeet choke.

One advantage of extended, aftermarket chokes is you can see what choke is in the gun with a glance. There is a huge amount of marketing hype applied to chokes and shells for waterfowl. Contact Briley manufacturing in Houston. They are first class and stand behind their products.

If this is going to be your first season with a new gun get out and shoot it every chance you have before the start of the season. Shooting several hundred clay targets with lead shot will save you money in the long fun as you will be a far better shot.

 

If you keep your shots under 40 yards IC would be my choice. Steel #3 shot on big ducks, #4 on wood ducks and smaller and BBB on Canada geese are what I use. I would suggest that if you go for geese and the shots are longer go to Light Modified. Remember that these chokes usually will pattern steel shot tighter than lead shot. For example, my Briley IC gives me a modified pattern at 40 yards with steel shot. When we get lots of birds decoying well I often put in a skeet choke.

One advantage of extended, aftermarket chokes is you can see what choke is in the gun with a glance. There is a huge amount of marketing hype applied to chokes and shells for waterfowl. Contact Briley manufacturing in Houston. They are first class and stand behind their products.

If this is going to be your first season with a new gun get out and shoot it every chance you have before the start of the season. Shooting several hundred clay targets with lead shot will save you money in the long fun as you will be a far better shot.

Thanks Spencer. I have owned the gun for some time and do shoot it for clays, but decided to use it all season for waterfowl as I sold my old Extrema. I will take a look at the Briley IC choke.

Trust me I know all about the marketing. Lots of these waterfowl chokes say they work great out to 60 or 70 yards. I can't imagine would it would do to a decoying woodie at 20 yards.

 

Started looking around at some IC chokes, given the price of the Beretta extended, they are all about the same price. So my options are open. I will probably stick with whatever choke I get for sporting clays as well, as I really don't like to play with chokes when I find one that works. I actually think the IC might be better than the mod I am shooting at clays as I need to let the birds get away a little, before I crush them

 

Beretta only ships this gun with the Full, Mod, and Cylinder flush mount chokes.

Well then buy a Beretta IC choke. :roll:

 

As mentioned above, the IC is the choke you need but MOD will do the job.

 

About 8 years ago Gil Ash measured the common break points on targets at several Houston area sporting clays shooting grounds and found that 70% of the targets were 35 yards or less. I have a feeling that we get a few more long shots today.

I have been in situations were longer shots were almost all we were going to get on ducks. That is when I pull out the #1 steel and my LM choke. A 45 yard high crossing duck takes a lot of lead with steel.

 

I went with a Briley IC and patterned it with #4 and #3 steel shot and it is great.

I am considering a Mod choke now for those late season geese over 40 yards when I shoot #2 and BB at them. I think up close the IC is going to to good on geese.