Should I choke my chicken?

[commmaster]

Sorry about the title, i couldn't resist.

Okay so I know the science behind the shotgun choke but I am uncertain if I should worry about it at this stage. Our guns came with a few and I just left the default one installed. I shoot sporting clays so I don't know the best choke or if I should even worry about it right now.

In the future when I am competing for belt buckles I will invest in proper chokes but what is you recommendations for beginners trying to focus on form and aiming? To choke or not to choke? (As in change the default or leave it?)

[bwhited]

Sounds like you are having fun.
That is what it is about right?

I you want to improve your scores then you might look into chokes even though it is not the first thing to work on. First you need a smooth swing, good trigger pull, and be able to see the birds well.

[ceh383]

For Sporting Clays at your stage, put a modified choke in it and forget about it.
Before anything else, you need a good consistant mount, without this little else matters.

[Thefeeder]

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For students who are just starting, I have them put in a "Skeet(SK) or "Improved Cylinder (IC). Focus shooting the stations that are relatively easy and the clays are in close 20-30 yards.

Its a good way to get the most out of your shooting day, instead of shooting the whole course.

Also shooting on a Skeet field is good prctice when your starting out...many of the shots are the same as in Sporting Clays

[commmaster]

I appreciate the responses. They are along the lines of what I was thinking: Focus on mounting/form, lining up birds and learning the theory of the game before I work on "add-ons."

Thank you guys!

[ceh383]

Remember, you don't "aim" a shotgun, you point it, keeping your focus on the target. A proper fit and mount will have you putting the pattern where you are looking.

[Thefeeder]

I appreciate the responses. They are along the lines of what I was thinking: Focus on mounting/form, lining up birds and learning the theory of the game before I work on "add-ons."

Thank you guys!

I just noticed that you are Located next door to Triple B sportong Clays.

The SoCal Skeet/Clays Clinic is the perfect place for you to learn the funtimentals

Link http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s....php?t=1081488

[commmaster]

I just noticed that you are Located next door to Triple B sportong Clays.

The SoCal Skeet/Clays Clinic is the perfect place for you to learn the funtimentals

Link http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s....php?t=1081488

We go to triple B's every weekend for the last month or so with no slowing down in sight! We do plan to attend a clinic soon, hopefully April.

[Thefeeder]

We go to triple B's every weekend for the last month or so with no slowing down in sight! We do plan to attend a clinic soon, hopefully April.

Attend sooner then later....I gar-o-tee you will improve your shooting.

[pennstater]

commmaster,
I truly like your hardy interest in your new appreciation of shotgunning with your family. Pretty neat. As I've just re-joined the ranks of shotgunning myself, and live in Diamond Bar, perhaps we'll see each other at Triple "B"'s sometime.
You enjoy your family and sport. Pretty neat in my book.

[commmaster]

commmaster,
I truly like your hardy interest in your new appreciation of shotgunning with your family. Pretty neat. As I've just re-joined the ranks of shotgunning myself, and live in Diamond Bar, perhaps we'll see each other at Triple "B"'s sometime.
You enjoy your family and sport. Pretty neat in my book.

Thanks. It is something I always wanted to do and now that the kids are old enough, there were no more excuses. Hope to see you around the field sometime!

[ysr_racer]

OP, without knowing what the "default" choke is, there's no way of telling. What gun are you shooting, and which choke is in it?

I shoot sporting clays at all the courses here in So Cal, and IC or Lt Mod will break any target on any of them.

Skeet is a game of repeatable target presentations. Skeet is the same if you shoot it in California, New York, Florida, or any state in between.

Sporting clays is like golf, every course is different.

[ysr_racer]

...many of the shots are the same as in Sporting Clays

Which station is like a 50 yard teal, or a 40 rabbit?

[Thefeeder]

Which station is like a 50 yard teal, or a 40 rabbit?

None...you do have incoming and outgoing at different angles, crossers. True doubles and on report doubles if you so choose.

What makes the Skeet field a good place to start, and many Sporting Clays instructors start their students there, is because the targets are consistent with different presentations available without a walk to a station on the other side of a Sporting Clays course

[fffblackmage]

I've been to the SoCal clinic a couple times. Don and Dick are awesome instructors. Go sooner than later, so you don't pick up any bad habits. It's easier to avoid bad habits than fix them.