gibby
Ultimate Member
What is the best choke for Trap? Skeet? Sporting Clays?
Read this article recently and thought it would be a good post for those like me looking for some guidance on this whole issue of choke selection for Clay shooting. Some interesting insight here that I wasn't necessarily expecting after reading recommendations for choke selections on several different forums.
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/longgun_reviews_st_headintheclouds_201002/99884
One data point to add. It takes 3 pellets to hit the clay to get a reliable break.
One of the instructors that used to work with Gil and Vicki (he and Gil taught the OSP course I attended), actually did testing. He hung clays above a plastic sheet, shot them, and then put the pieces back together. 1 or 2 pellets MIGHT break it or chip it, but 3 will break it.
When we shoot at a friend’s farm we go and collect the unbroken birds. Most have a hole or two punched through them.