Tinsel Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 What is the equivalent of the open bore. Does that mean that I need to remove the choke and shoot without a choke in order to shoot with a sabot slug? Or what chokes can I use with slugs? What is CL? IC must be improved Cylinder. Is IC longer range than IM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hattles Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 What is the equivalent of the open bore. Does that mean that I need to remove the choke and shoot without a choke in order to shoot with a sabot slug? Or what chokes can I use with slugs? What is CL? IC must be improved Cylinder. Is IC longer range than IM? Never shoot your shotgun without a choke tube installed! CL=cylinder IC=improved cylinder M=modified IM=improved modified F=full Cylinder choke is the most open choke and there is a gradual restriction for each choke as you work into the full choke which, in standard chokes, has the tightest restriction. For a sabot slug, I believe you can use up to a modified although C and IC are recommended. Start with the cylinder and use a pattern board at 40yds to test for consistant grouping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinsel Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 That helps, thanks. I was not sure because the book that I was looking at mentioned open bore, rather than cylinder. I maybe should shoot clays with a CL, or a IC, rather than an M. I actually used an IM which was way off, than I went to an M, but now I will just use a CL. I will take your advice with the slugs, but what would use use when shooting with a full choke? Is that for bird shot such as shot 8 or 9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hattles Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 That helps, thanks. I was not sure because the book that I was looking at mentioned open bore, rather than cylinder. I maybe should shoot clays with a CL, or a IC, rather than an M. I actually used an IM which was way off, than I went to an M, but now I will just use a CL. I will take your advice with the slugs, but what would use use when shooting with a full choke? Is that for bird shot such as shot 8 or 9?[/quote] Full choke is for lead shot only. As for clays, Skeet - IC/improved cylinder(I use skeetI) Trap - modified or I prefer Improved Modified Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinsel Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 Well buck shot is lead. Is it safe to use a full choke and shoot buck shot. I don't think that buck is meant to be shot at birds but a full choke would mean that buck shot would travel quite some distance, perhaps comparable to a slug using CL. I would use the buck shot at an indoor range where the lane is only about 160 feet long but if it is fine to use a FC, than I would put that to the test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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