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A while back I picked up one of these:
Stoeger Coach Supreme...
Now to what I wanted to do with it. I'm a sucker for short firearms, be it short rifles or compact handguns and shotguns.
My previous choice was a shotgun that had no options for chokes and I was always shooting cylinder bore.
Now things have changed. While it's a cheaper shotgun and kicks like a freight train with slugs, I plan to use it as a versatile bird/rabbit gun.
Today I picked up an extended modified choke.
While it may look a little goofy, the intent is to match this modified choke .710" with the cylinder bore to the left. I don't mind it sticking out, I want to remember what side has what choke.
As stated I plan to hunt rabbits soon and I picked up some #4 and #7 steel shot. Required on refuge.
My theory was to run the heavier shot (#4) at cylinder bore for closer distances and then run the #7 at the longer distances to cover more ground in spread with the modified choke.
Am I backwards in my logic? Should I run the #7 closer and #4 for longer? Maybe run the same at both distances?
I wanted to cover the most ground for varying ranges of distances.
Thoughts?
Note: I have not patterned these yet with the steel shot.
Edit 10/10/16:
Recently parted with the shogun, kept the chokes in hopes of using them on another shotgun down the road.
Stoeger Coach Supreme...
Now to what I wanted to do with it. I'm a sucker for short firearms, be it short rifles or compact handguns and shotguns.
My previous choice was a shotgun that had no options for chokes and I was always shooting cylinder bore.
Now things have changed. While it's a cheaper shotgun and kicks like a freight train with slugs, I plan to use it as a versatile bird/rabbit gun.
Today I picked up an extended modified choke.
While it may look a little goofy, the intent is to match this modified choke .710" with the cylinder bore to the left. I don't mind it sticking out, I want to remember what side has what choke.
As stated I plan to hunt rabbits soon and I picked up some #4 and #7 steel shot. Required on refuge.
My theory was to run the heavier shot (#4) at cylinder bore for closer distances and then run the #7 at the longer distances to cover more ground in spread with the modified choke.
Am I backwards in my logic? Should I run the #7 closer and #4 for longer? Maybe run the same at both distances?
I wanted to cover the most ground for varying ranges of distances.
Thoughts?
Note: I have not patterned these yet with the steel shot.
Edit 10/10/16:
Recently parted with the shogun, kept the chokes in hopes of using them on another shotgun down the road.
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