10 Gauge Chokes/Patterns
I recently purchased a Parker DH 10 gauge(my first short 10) and was amazed at how well it shot given the rather tight chokes. I brought it to a sporting clays course and figured I would shoot a few stations and I after I missed given the tight chokes(that’s an acceptable excuse right?) I would take it back to the truck and get a different gun. I was amazed at how well the gun shot. I ended up shooting the whole course with it and doing better than usual for me with that gun.
The gun is choked IM/F and I was shooting RST 1 1/8 oz. shells at 1150fps. I was hitting close targets, far target and everything in between. I know the 10 has a shorter shot column which improves the pattern. It was a good lesson in learning a gun and not getting hung up what the chokes are on paper. When I bought the gun I figured I might take it turkey hunting once a year, but I plan to shoot it much more often and would consider another 10 gauge with hesitation.
No real question here, I was just really impressed with the short 10 and might not let a gun’s chokes influence my decision making so much in the future.
Jay
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