Parker Choke Alchemy
 

Parker Sage's,

I have plowed through numerous threads on this subject, and am still unable to ferret out the exact info I seek. I just got the letter on my "new to me" 12 ga, 30" DH. It states that the gun was special ordered to target RH325 pellets and LH 350 pellets using 1 1/8's oz of "shot" (size not specified) in a 30" circle at 40 yards.

Am I right, that, if using #7 shot that the gun is regulated for like 90% and 97%? That seems like crazy tight. This might be a different story if the gun were regulated with #9 shot...but that seems unlikely.

I guess I'm still a classic double hayseed....I miss plain words like Modified, Improved Cylinder and Full!

Any light to shed?

Thanks to all in advance...

Number 7 shot was the usual shot size for patterning.

Parker full chokes were wonderful for long range pattern density. Yours may have great 60-70 yard effectiveness. Try patterning it yourself.

this is from my most recent letter

" The chokes were patterned RH 170 pellets and LH 170 pellets of size 8 shot in a 24” circle at 45 yards"

that is specific for some purpose, I'll eventually try to repeat it

Thanks Bruce...the VH I just bought from Russ is lettered to place 275 pellets in the same circle, right and left. I was thinking that related to what I would consider improved modified....light full. 375 pellets out of 400 at the outside just seems so unlikely...especially considering that there were no plastic shot cups....

definitely not a quail gun!

Rick, It sounds like that gun was built to hurt something and not Kill it!!

The vast spectrum of these guns fascinate me.

Bruce....if that be the case.....Woe, Hell, Fire and Brimstone are about to rain down on the hoard of Grackles that descended upon Windy Hill yesterday....

why?????

a 24 inch circle is about 63% of the area of a 30 standard pattern circle

so- assuming an even spread - that is about 273 pellets in a 30 inch circle at 45 yards - 5 yards past standard range

so at 45 yards - assuming a 1 1/8 ounce load of 8s that is about a 60% pattern.

bring it back 5 yards you may well be in the 70% range

the chokes on this gun are still .026 and .028

so - whether you use pellet count or choke constriction, that comes out to about imp mod- light full depending on what chart you use

i expect them to kill ducks and not wound them

Damn Rick! I KNEW I shoulda applied myself in math class...instead of sneaking out to fish and hunt!!!

yeah ---old Miss Peterson is fist pumping in her grave :rotf:

SO....We are wheedling away to the answer I was looking for....my DH is FULL and LASER BEAM FULL. And the VH I am getting from Russ is about modified both barrels. And I suppose that with modern shot cups....even tighter than that.

"What we have here is......the ABILITY to communicate!"

DANG....I'm beginning to miss my old Ithaca 37 with the POLY-CHOKE!