Further, the way a modern shotgun (Repro) patterns and tends to shoot tighter patterns with the modern loads with a plastic shot cup is vastly different from how early shotguns patterned with nothing but lead pellets travelling down the barrel with no protection and nothing to maintain the integrity of the charge. Shotgun chokes are designed for the shells/loads they are most likely to use.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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