chokes

[karlp86 0]

hi there i got my first 12g today and it came with 5 chokes.

 

there have little notches to corespond to there size but what number of notches is equal to what size?

 

is 4 notches full?

 

any help would be great. thanks karl

[SportingShooter 0]

1= Full

 

2= 3/4

 

3= 1/2

 

4 =1/4

 

5= Skeet./Cylinder.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards

SS

[karlp86 0]

ok cheers.

 

i have no notches on one of them then notches up to 4.

 

i guess this means 0=full then.

[landrover 6]

ok cheers.

 

i have no notches on one of them then notches up to 4.

 

i guess this means 0=full then.

 

no no notches is either cylinder or skeet as ss says if five is cylinder, then 0 is skeet or the other way round ,

[Geoff.C 0]

The chokes on my Lanber are just like yours Karl. They are just as SS says except no notches for skeet instead of five. Take a tip, put the full and 3/4 somewhere safe. Unless you intend shooting at long range, you will not need them. I have an extra 1/4 and shoot double 1/4 for more or less everything. I find that an edge on clay pigeon can be easily broken at 40 yards with a 1oz load, using 1/4. So a woody, much larger than a clay can be taken with 1oz of six shot, at similar range. Reading through similar posts to yours on here, I think new shooters worry too much about choke. Put in your skeet and 1/4, or 1/4 and 1/2 at max and get some shooting done. You will hit more with the open chokes, and raise your confidence.

Don't overtighten the chokes, but do remove them regularly and clean them. Refit with oiled threads.

[SportingShooter 0]

Good Advice there Geoff.

 

Better than paying a Gunsmith £50 to remove a set of stuck solid chokes.

 

1/4 1/4 is a good all round clay choke and will break anything in reality and Pigeon? You wont see them for feathers

 

Regards

SS

[karlp86 0]

cheers geoff and SS for the help.

 

i've decided to go for the 1/4 and the 1/2. think it suits me well.