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10-11-2013, 03:39 AM
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Your choice of choke and shot size for waterfowl
Whats is your favorite choke tube and shot size when it comes to ducks over the water? Ive been shooting Modified with #2.
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10-11-2013, 07:11 AM
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Most of the stuff i shoot is either #2 or #4 with chokes on the more open side.
A couple of my guns are cylinder/cylinder and kill very well over decoys .
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10-11-2013, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by catnthehat
Most of the stuff i shoot is either #2 or #4 with chokes on the more open side.
A couple of my guns are cylinder/cylinder and kill very well over decoys .
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10-11-2013, 07:25 AM
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Been doing a lot of testing this year and so far my new A5 likes the Kicks vortex full choke with Black Cloud 3" #2s. And factory improved modified with Heavy Metal 3" #2s or BB. And Kicks high flyer X Full with WinXpert 3" #2s or BBs for the shy ones or pond jumping.
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10-11-2013, 09:13 AM
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#4 with improved cylinder
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10-11-2013, 09:19 AM
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Once again I can't figure out a link to post here but this is a good read and a different perspective.
Get Your Head in the Clouds - Shooting Times
www.shootingtimes.com/.../longgun_revi...
by Terry Wieland • September 23, 2010 • 1 comment. Seeing shot patterns from a new angle may help ...
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10-11-2013, 09:26 AM
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Choke is irrelevant as no two are exactly the same, and no two loads will pattern the same out of different chokes.
Go out and pattern a few loads and make up your own mind.
FWIW: I have been having great success with Winchester Expert 3", #2's, for so long most of the other stuff gets used up as finisher loads. I run a tight modified tube in my 11-87, and they work good out of a not as tight modified in the kids 870. Both are rem chokes but some precision measuring showed about 5 thou difference in the final restriction, don't get me going about the abruptness of one chokes leade vs the others. Again no two chokes are the same!
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10-11-2013, 09:20 AM
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I'm using a 3 inch # 2 shot out of a modified choke, it does pretty good IMHO.
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10-11-2013, 09:32 AM
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been running this set up for as long as i can remember with winchester or kent fasteel shells. my choke is a remington modified choke as well.
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10-11-2013, 10:01 AM
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For ducks I have gone to 2 3/4" #4 steel @ 1500+. Just found that #2 isn't required to kill ducks.
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10-11-2013, 10:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ashNflame
Whats is your favorite choke tube and shot size when it comes to ducks over the water? Ive been shooting Modified with #2.
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10-11-2013, 10:16 AM
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I've been using IC and either BB or #2 for geese... if its mainly ducks I have been using the same choke with #4.
Seems to work pretty good but then again my experience with hunting waterfowl is limited.
It might be that over time...I'll find that a different combination is actually better for me.
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10-11-2013, 10:41 AM
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Carleson full choke and bb. 2 words birds down
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10-11-2013, 10:49 AM
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Modified and been using #2's generally for geese. 4's for ducks
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10-11-2013, 11:54 AM
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Mod choke for everything #2 shot for ducks and geese on land and #3 shot for ducks on water later in the season the last week of oct into october I will switch to 3" BB for geese on fields
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10-16-2013, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Okotokian
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X2 modified and #2
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