Chokes

It is spring gobbler season. Consequently, we've had a lot of people looking for turkey chokes and have been sorting through the odd assortment of used and mis-packaged chokes every shop seems to have. I've found this chart useful.

12 Gauge

20 Gauge

28 Gauge

.410" Bore

American

English

Browning

Italian

Perazzi

Percentage

Constriction

Constriction

Constriction

Constriction

Designation

Designation

Codes

Codes

Codes

Pattern

.000" -.001"

.000" - .001"

.000"

.000"

cyl

true cylinder

***

C****

0

40%

.002" - .006"

.002" - .004"

.001" - .004"

.001" - .002"

skeet

impr cylinder

**$

S

1

45%

.007" -.013"

.005" - .011"

.005" - .007"

.003" - .006"

imp cyl

quarter

**-

****

3

55%

.014" -.023"

.012" - .019"

.008" - .014"

.007 - .012"

mod

half

**

***

4

60%

.024" -.031"

.020" - .026"

.015" - .020"

.013" - .017 "

imp mod

three quarter

*-

**

6

65%

.032" -.040"

.027" - .033"

.021" - .027"

.018" - .021"

full

full

*

*

9

70%

.040"+

.034"+

.028"+

.022"+

ex. full

10

75%