![]() With a wider pattern, you don’t have to be exactly dead-center on the bird to kill it cleanly, just get that pattern to intersect with the bird to deliver enough pellets to produce a clean kill. If you’re hunting pheasants, you’ll want a choke tube that provides a wider pattern to give you more of an effective killing zone on a fast-moving, flying target. I know, just numbers, right? Fortunately, you don’t have to remember the numbers or do the math just know there are a range of different chokes and what you should use them for. 030 of an inch tighter than cylinder and most turkey chokes are another 30 thousandths of an inch tighter than full chokes. It may seem a small amount, but it is actually quite a bit of constriction when you consider all that shot has to squeeze through that narrow tunnel. A full choke, generally considered standard tight constriction for many hunting uses such as longer distance shots on upland game or waterfowl, is 30 thousandths of an inch (.030) tighter than cylinder bore. Here’s a little measurement math for you. There are probably a dozen or so different constrictions in available choke tubes from cylinder, which is the actual size of the barrel’s interior bore so it really doesn’t constrict the shot at all, to tight turkey tubes. ![]() Those interchangeable choke tubes that screw into the end of the barrel constrict the pellets, tightening the cluster of shot as it squeezes through the choke tube, resulting (most of the time) in tighter pellet patterns.
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