Improved Cylinder Hike

Cylinder choke is an unconstricted barrel and the shot pattern spreads quickly. Improved Cylinder choke has a slight constriction. It allows the shot pattern to spread fairly quickly. Modified choke has moderate constriction. The shot stays together longer, making the pattern denser and more useful at longer ranges. This choke is used often for dove hunting and is the preferred choke when using steel shot to hunt for ducks or geese. This is because laws require waterfowl hunters to use steel shot rather than the traditional and toxic lead shot. There is also an Improved Modified choke that is slightly tighter than Modified. Full choke has tight constriction. The shot holds together even longer, so it’s good for squirrels, turkey, and other game shot at 35- to 40-yard ranges. Turkey hunters sometimes use Extra Full or Turkey choke for even denser patterns at long range, this is barely even a pattern, almost as if it’s just a wad of
After those years and changes I have made, I decided it would be a great idea for a pattern density test with different chokes and or no chokes on. I think everyone who shoots a shotgun at birds over a bird dog should undertake shotgun performance on game. Even on a limited scale, they should do so just to point out a few things to themselves. Shotgun performance is the result of just a couple of factors. The velocity and weight of the shot charge are the primary factors. The size of the shot, the choke of the barrel and distance to the target are the secondary factors that determine how effect the shell/gun combination you are firing is down range on the game in terms of pattern effectiveness. Through some study and experimentation, you can improve the performance of your battery by selecting shell/choke combinations that ultimately put largest number of pellets into the bird you are shooting