Choke question

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crackshot

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I received a 11-87 as a gift and it only came with the one choke. I thought that was kind of odd but maybe not as I am fairly new to the hunting world. It is a modified choke. My question is about shooting steel shot out of it. Is it ok? How can I find out if it is ok? From a little research I have found that it is safe but may harm the gun over time. This was my first gun so I would really like to have it forever.
 
take the tube out does it say mod/lead and full/steel? that is the way my tubes are. i would get a improved cylinder/lead and mod/steel. did i help or confuse you:rolleyes:? :cheers:
 
With steel shot a mod choke is the equivalent of full, IC is equivalent of mod, and so forth.
 
The Rem Chokes are not very expensive. I would also recommend you purchase an IC choke. Depending on the type of hunting you intend to do those 2 chokes should do all you need. If you are going to be shooting mostly steel I would use the IC. But the Rem Choke in mod will handle steel just fine. The cloke you choose will depend on what you are shooting, size of shot and the distance you will shooting.
 
If rated for steel, as is the likely possibility, then try it and see.

I shot BBBs thru a preferred IM choke for geese in the 80s...worked fine all around in a single barrel....that is considered a no-no.

While the one constriction or so more open long-held steel choke recommendation is founded in fact, there can be times when a modified works best with the load and distance one is shooting steel.
Generalizations, are just that.
Fit & Try....always the best advice.
 
Have any of you guys patterned your guns with different chokes using steel? When I did mine from skeet through all the chokes up to extra full using T shot and twos and fours in steel shot. It was really interesting to see the patterns open up and develop holes (BIG holes) as the chokes got tighter! Exactly opposite to my experience with lead shot!

I'd like to know if anybody discovered the same thing? My skeet tubes worked way better than tighter chokes with steel.
 
Patterned both my M2 and SBE II with a number of loads over the last 2 years using factory Benelli chokes, Carlson Waterfowl tubes, and now Carlson Prairie Storm tubes trying to find a couple chokes / loads combinations that would shoot great in both guns.

I was looking for the 'set it and forget it' combination that would be interchangable in either gun.... and Shane allowed me to swap one set for another under the Carlson's lifetime warranty

My findings differ significantly from yours. But I've now got two tubes (LM and IM) and two steel loads (BB and #2) that work extremely well for anything from ducks to geese to pheasants, all year long - and are interchangable in either gun. Having a combo I have absolute confidence in... with complete overlap regardless of which gun I've got is as they say - priceless.
 
bknight said:
Have any of you guys patterned your guns with different chokes using steel? When I did mine from skeet through all the chokes up to extra full using T shot and twos and fours in steel shot. It was really interesting to see the patterns open up and develop holes (BIG holes) as the chokes got tighter! Exactly opposite to my experience with lead shot!

I'd like to know if anybody discovered the same thing? My skeet tubes worked way better than tighter chokes with steel.
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A patternmaster choke will get rid of those holes in your pattern. The doesn't restrict at all and simple grabs the wad so the shot can exit and disperse on its own.
 
Thanks for your replies. I am no guru, but I was comparing the same loads in different chokes and more than one shot with each one. It was dramatic. It was also several maybe fifteen years ago, so likely some bugs have been improved upon. Again Thanks.
 
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