Do I need full choke for high game shooting?

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Do I need full choke for high game shooting?

Tighter chokes are not that neccessary for high, driven game shooting.

By Game shooting

Wednesday, 05 October 2011

Game shooting: Two friends have invited me game shooting on a high pheasant day. They use long barrelled trap guns with full choke but my Sporter has only got ¼ and ½. Will this be enough?

GAME SHOOTING
John Bidwell
Rest easy – your gun’s choking is more than adequate for killing cleanly at 40-45 yards with suitable cartridges.

Tight chokes and heavy payloads of big shot might give you another ten yards over that but few people are accurate enough to shoot consistently enough at extreme ranges.

A 40 yards pheasant is not only a very sporting proposition but it’s also a long way up and a decent enough challenge for even an accomplished shot.

Much better to kill a succession of these birds stone dead than ignore them for higher birds which you will miss more often, and probably prick a higher percentage too.