new useing chokes

OP,be meticulous changing chokes

My bird gun is an O/u Berretta with choke tubes.I cannot just buy a new barrel from Brownell's if something goes wrong.

Long experience with close fits and fine threads suggests you truly do not want a little piece of sand to enter into screwing the choke tubes in.

I suggest you be very kind to your choke tube threads.

Clean them meticulously before assembly,male and female.Lube them with a little choke tube lube.I keep mine safe in a small,rigid Otter Box.

My bird hunting is upland,and I refrain from trying to get lucky on long shots.The "Golden BB" can also be a gut BB.

A skeet 2 choke is between. IC and Mod and would be what I would very often have in an upland shotgun

The wisdom of Grandpa on chokes lingers on,but Grandpa's paper shotshell with no shot cup or buffer are long goneWith today's shotshells,we can use a more open choke at the same ranges,and still put the same number of pellets in the bird.
 
now i know

so i figured out why wy pattern was so tight becouse
the choke that was in the gun was a full choke,when i
bought the 870 the guy at the show said it was a modified
choke.im sure glad i did,nt shoot any buckshot thought it
when i took it out the other day.so i went and bought
an improved clylinder and a modified that should cover all
my needs
 
You would not have been at automatic risk of firing 00 through the full choke. Steel shot and some non-lead shot may do damage no matter what size shot you use...
Brent
 
Your patterns may suffer as the deformation on each 00 pellet is more pronounced so more flyers but your safe to do so. Also if you have not already figured this out... with an open action, you need to poke a finger in the tube every so often to insure it ain't coming loose. The danger is a loose tube. it can have the inner edge rolled into the path of the next round with damaged threads in barrel being the least of your concerns...:eek: ;)
Brent
 
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thanks and whats up HOGDOG.WINTER time is here so its time to start
focusing on winter stealhead fishing mayby allitle low elivation
grouse hunting.i like my new 870,i dont know why some folks
dont like them.im not guy who would buy a 1200dollar
shot gun to drag around out in the field,rian,mud,falling down in
the mud,and so on.its a tool not a trophy.
 
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