Can #4Buckshot be ran through a full or extra full choke?

Yep. I am satisfied with the pattern my extra-full "dead coyote" choke gives me with #4 buck. The coyotes, on the other hand, are not:D
 
yup

I run #4B through a 12 ga. Rem Turkey super full (the tight one with the knurling). It leads the tube heavily, and I'm not so sure that a conventional full might not do better pattern wise. Those big pellets are likely getting mashed heavily.

But in the areas where I use the shotgun on coyotes, shots are not that far and it works great. I think #4B is a great killer on coyotes and similar varmints and pests inside 50 yds.
 
I'd pattern a full first then screw in the modified and willing to bet the full is better. Alot of older shotguns had choke written on the barrel and were more than a full/ fuller choke more like an extra full constriction. Great patterns but sometimes it was believed to be from the longer forcing cones the older ones beared.
 
Yes it can be done but I would check the pattern at various distances. Shoots great out of my 835 with a full choke out to 35 yds but then it opens up real fast. I get a much better pattern with 4B using the Dead Coyote choke.
 
I get a donut pattern at 30 yards with mine meaning there is a ring of shot and nothing in the middle but #3 shot instead of #4 buck is spread evenly. That is with my gun, yours may differ and you will not know by our experiences, you have to get out that pattern paper and that gun and shoot it to find out.
 
I wouldn't run steel shot through a extra-full choke and I'd be hesitant to put 00 or a slug through one. The gun will be okay with the #4 buck.

You'll just have to try and see what the pattern looks like to know if you want to use it.
 
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