How To Choose The Right Choke Size for Skeet?

Choosing the right choke for your shotgun can be a little troublesome. A lot of new shotguns only come with a selected muzzle. But if you are using an older gun, then you most likely have a variable choke system.

In this post, I will try to help you find the best choke for skeet.

 

Skeet

Skeet is a form of sport where a pot of clay is thrown in the air to replicate the pattern of a bird. Then shoot it with a shotgun.

This way your aim will slowly become better than before.

But as we all know shotgun shot pattern is way too much spread to hit a small pot in the air.

That’s where the skeet choke comes in.

Skeet choke

Skeet choke tubes are made in such a way, that it helps the spread to go out quicker. Any other chokes with constriction will try to hold the spread inside longer to release it as a smaller pattern to stop spreading.

But in bird hunting, you want to hit the bird with as many pellets as possible. This way it will be a quick end for the bird. Otherwise, the bird may end up surviving with pain.

The most common skeet shooting range is 15 yards. You can shoot further than that with a choke. But 15 yards is the ideal according to many professionals.

It is also good for underfoot quail hunting. The ideal shooting range of skeet is 15 to 25 yards.

You can guess by that distance that, the pattern needs to be unconstricted. Otherwise, the shot won’t have the same impact. That’s why skeet tubes don’t have any kind of constriction to compress the pellets.

Choosing the right skeet choke

It will largely depend on what kind of shotgun you have. You need to ask yourself are you happy with 25 yards, or you want to go beyond that. If so, then you need to prepare yourself for some performance loss.

We know shooters like to have extra choices. For that, we tried to provide some for everyone.

For the past years, manufacturers have to overwork to satisfy the needs of hunters.

With so many options available now, it is confusing to choose the right one for you.

If you want 0 constrictions then you should go for True Cylinder choke. They offer 80% pattern in 30′ at 20 yards. They don’t have any kind of constriction that’s why the spread will be more. This is also the reason for their short-range capabilities.

For early season hunting and skeet practice, they are undoubtedly the best.

If you want something with a bit more constriction then Full Choke with 0.040 constrictions is the one you should go for. This is not too high to stop the pellets from spreading. But this is also not 0. You can expect a 70% pattern in 30′ at 40 yards. You can guess this is also the option for long-range shooters.

For someone who wants the middle ground aka 30 yards. Then you should go for 3/4 Choke or half choke. Both of them have pretty good pattern % in 30′ at 30 yards. It’s not 100% but it’s close to 91%. 91% is not a small number for pattern spread by any means. This means you will undoubtedly hit your targets at 30 yards. This is more than fine for a skeet choke.

I hope this guide was able to help you decide the best possible skeet choke for you. You should be able to find the best option if you follow the chart we provided.