Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Parker Forums General Parker Discussions

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Skeet Choke
Unread 11-14-2011, 08:47 PM   #1
Member
David
Forum Associate

Member Info
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 109
Thanks: 237
Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts

Default Skeet Choke

What is the Skeet choke good for other than skeet shooting what about hunting Thanks David
David Long is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11-14-2011, 08:55 PM   #2
Member
C.O.B.
Forum Associate
 
Rich Anderson's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 6,072
Thanks: 2,217
Thanked 6,320 Times in 2,082 Posts

Default

All my upland bird hunting is done over a pointing dog and I use skeet choked guns 95% of the time. These are 16, 20, & 28. No 12's for me. Back in the day befor I had Parkers and hunted ducks I'd shoot a lot of Mallards and Woodies in flooded timber with a Remington 1100 20ga with a skeet barrel.
Rich Anderson is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Rich Anderson For Your Post:
Unread 11-14-2011, 10:13 PM   #3
Member
Dean Romig
PGCA Invincible
Life Member
 
Dean Romig's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 31,558
Thanks: 35,431
Thanked 33,040 Times in 12,321 Posts

Default

Skeet chokes are good for any hunting where the birds are close enough, including ducks and geese over decoys.
Dean Romig is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post:
Unread 11-15-2011, 05:00 AM   #4
Member
J.B. Books
PGCA Member
 
Pete Lester's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 2,857
Thanks: 1,639
Thanked 4,793 Times in 1,365 Posts

Default

If your talking about a Parker Skeet gun marked "Skeet In" and "Skeet Out" you have to remember nothing about a Parker is standard. Scott K. had a 12ga VHE Skeet gun that had a lot of constriction in both barrels and patterned full and full. You have to pattern every gun of any brand at 40 yards to figure out what they are really choked regardless of markings. As far as a Skeet choke it also depends on the gauge. A 12ga should be throwing a great pattern between 20 and 30 yards and would work fine out to 35 yds + or -.

Remember generally larger shot sizes will pattern tighter than small shot through the same choke. So put it on paper with the load you want to use for the game hunted and you'll know for sure.
Pete Lester is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11-15-2011, 07:20 AM   #5
Member
Big Friend Ten (BFT)
PGCA Lifetime Member
 
Mark Ouellette's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 2,046
Thanks: 1,517
Thanked 2,933 Times in 795 Posts

Default

Not a Parker but in a previous life I shot and ducks out to 40 yards with Hevi Steel (no longer available) with a Benelli M-2. As J.B. stated above, bigger shot patterns tighter than small shot through the same choke. The same is true for hardness of shot.

I shoot Nice Shot #2 through .030" in Parker 10 gauges and pit down Canada Geese at 60+ yards. Sometimes I put down more than one

Nice Shot is 3 times as hard as hardened lead shot. ITX is 10 times as hard as lead and should be magic through a skeet choke.

Now, let's talk about choke which is a measure of the performance of a load through a certain barrel constriction. In a modern 12 gauge Skeet "choke" is the result of factory target load shot through a barrel constriction of .005". This is of course an average since each load will pattern slightly (or in some cases greatly) different through each individual barrel with the same constriction.
Mark Ouellette is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11-15-2011, 07:41 AM   #6
Member
ch
PGCA Lifetime
Member
 
calvin humburg's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,816
Thanks: 1,654
Thanked 640 Times in 351 Posts

Default

Richard will your roosters stay siting while pointed?
__________________
Father, will I be able to be brave when I am afraid? Child, that is the only time one can be brave.
calvin humburg is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11-15-2011, 08:41 AM   #7
Member
Don Kaas
Forum Associate
 
Don Kaas's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 560
Thanks: 0
Thanked 222 Times in 91 Posts

Default

Over pointing dogs, a "skeet" choked double is the weapon of choice IMHO. Ditto for woodcock and grouse in thick cover with any dog. They are quite useful over decoys for waterfowl especially for woodies and teal. I choke all my small gauge upland quail/woodcock guns .005/.012 the equivalent of "skeet 1 and skeet 2". I have only had one Parker skeet choked gun, a VHE 16g but I have had a number of Winchester Model 21 Skeets and have 2 now in 20 and 12. The 12 gauge 28" M21 Skeet I have is one useful, very versatile weapon with its patented WS-1 choke and its mate the WS-2 (which patterns much like a Winchester modified)
Don Kaas is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Don Kaas For Your Post:
Unread 11-15-2011, 08:48 AM   #8
Member
Ed Blake
PGCA Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,258
Thanks: 734
Thanked 822 Times in 333 Posts

Default

I'm reading Bob Brister's book and it seems his favorite all around choke was IC. All of my guns have original chokes, which are tight, but I can't bring myself to open them up.
Ed Blake is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11-15-2011, 10:14 AM   #9
Member
Bill Murphy
PGCA Lifetime
Member Since
Second Grade

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 15,524
Thanks: 6,119
Thanked 8,784 Times in 4,718 Posts

Default

Ed, you're the man. I, also, don't like opening chokes. For fifty years, whenever I need a more open choke, I buy a new gun. It has always worked for me.
Bill Murphy is offline   Reply With Quote
Choke
Unread 11-15-2011, 10:18 AM   #10
Member
Austin W Hogan
PGCA Invincible
Life Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 676
Thanks: 0
Thanked 408 Times in 197 Posts

Default Choke

My favorite raised comb hammer gun was fitted with a conventional VH M&F barrel set. I shot as good or better rounds of skeet, five stand and sporting with it as I did with my IC & IC VH which fit equally well. Don't let full choke scare you - center the pattern and it is irrelevant.

Best, Austin
Austin W Hogan is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Austin W Hogan For Your Post:
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:34 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2023, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.