Banner Beretta Clays day for me

[matt koepnick]

Hello All. My local club had it's usual 3rd Sat of the month Match last weekend. They had a Super Bird 50 bird match having a mix of the close targets Woods and long open crosser targets Marsh stations. My go to gun is the old Double trigger Win 21 choked .010 and .015, with 30 inch barrels. The Marsh course was challenging for my style, and only shot a 30/50. I just don't do well on long crossers and long shots in general.
Went back out Sun for a 2nd round and brought my Beretta 627EL that I was blessed to get years back from another member here. It's only has 26 inch barrels, with mobil chokes and also has a S.S.T , the only such gun I own. I decided to run tighter chokes with Mod and Imp Mod and just shoot to have fun. Managed to get 40/50 including running a couple of stations in the close birds Woods course. Never thought that would happen.
I was amazed the tighter chokes weren't a hindrance on the rabbits or really close short shots. And consistently hit most of the longer missed shots on the Marsh. Was truly amazed at the difference. All with relatively tight clays chokes.
May have to rethink my go to gun in the future... Ha Ha.
Regards, Mattly

[Bill Murphy]

Tight chokes rule sporting clays. They help you to concentrate and they will hit birds that are, in your opinion, out of range.

[BRDHNTR]

My 20 ga Beretta stock cracked at the top of the tang the other day while shooting skeet at the club
Stock was tight. Took it over to Dan Cullity and left it with Dan and his son Ryan to figure out why it cracked and make all necessary repairs. Oh I was shooting field loads. Nothing stronger than field loss have been shot thru this gun. And the gun was never dropped. Dan will figure it out and let me k ow

[Double Lab]

Once you figure out that tight chokes are better than open chokes and that one doesn't need 1 1/8 or even an 1oz to break clay targets the light bulb will go off in your head.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Nothing wrong with shooting “Men’s Department Chokes”. Tight chokes turn those birds into diesel smoke.

[BRDHNTR]

I'm still waiting for the light bulb to go on!

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by allen newell

I'm still waiting for the light bulb to go on!

Check to make sure it's plugged in.

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Nothing wrong with shooting “Men’s Department Chokes”. Tight chokes turn those birds into diesel smoke.

I shot one station yesterday consisting of four crossing targets at about 25ft and turned all four of them into diesel smoke. Those Lefever chokes should be outlawed. Out of 50 targets they were the hardest hit. The other 46, not so much.

[todd allen]

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[matt koepnick]

Ya, on a couple of stations I ran, all shots were inside 15 yards. There was no guessing that the birds were hit, as they turned into balls of black smoke each shop. Managed to get 2 birds on one shot as they crossed. Was pretty exciting to me. Not my usual shooting day for sure. Was blessed indeed.
Mattly