Chokes behavior at high altitudes

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everardov

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Hi friends, I use to practice sporting clays in a course located at 3,450 meter above the sea level close to Mexico city, some mates over there had stated that at such altitude, due to the lower density and resistance of air, the pattern provided by a cylinder choke is similar to a Modified at sea level.

What do you think?

Regards
 
:rolleyes:

I somehow HIGHLY doubt that.

BUT, conventional wisdom is often more wrong than you can imagine. (For example, how many people out there think Full Auto is Illegal for anyone to own?)
 
This sounds dubious, but I have an old friend that I shoot with that has shot all over the world. He has shot courses in Italy and Switzerland up in the alps. He has related to me many times how it takes less choke at higher altitude because of less air resistance. The shot does not slow down as fast either. Less air resistance = less drag = less shot disturbance = tighter long range patterns, more velocity. He said they could break targets at some ranges well beyond 60 yards when they were above 9000 feet.
 
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