There's a LOT we can say about chokes and everyone has his favorite gun and his favorite choke combination but we need to remember that a more open pattern that will break clays at extreme distances will only cripple live birds at those distances. Gary alludes to this by saying he would never shoot live game that far out.... but some folks will attempt the impossible and wind up crippling birds that they may never find - even with the help of a good dog.
The wild game we are so lucky to be able to hunt is much too valuable to cripple and lose. Yes, it
does happen to all of us even with the best of intentions and carefully chosen shots but we mustn't overshoot our guns' capabilities.
I do love the Q1/Q2 chokes on my Repro 28 for the first couple of weeks of the season but will switch to a more tightly choked gun after the birds have been hunted a bit. I used to have the choice of IC/MOD on my Repros but just sold the IC/MOD gun
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