The Best Choke Tube Combo.

I shoot a over under shotgun which means I can have a set of two choke tubes with me at any point in time. I find that any combination of choke tubes are just a real mind game. The only difference between the chokes that I see happens between a Skeet and at Extra Full. Those two are on the complete opposite of each other.

Given there are a lot of different games that you can shoot and some need two barrels, you may need to find a different set of chokes. The only time I will make huge size changes is when I shoot Skeet.

For Skeet I will shoot a Skeet (SK) and a Improved Cylinder (IC). SK in the bottom and IC in the top. Since you can select to shoot top or bottom barrel first I think it works. For the fly away birds I will shoot the IC then the coming at me birds I shoot the SK. This gets tricky when you get to into it and forget to switch the barrels, but then again the difference in the choke size is .005 of an inch.

For almost everything else I like to shoot a Modified (M) and a Full (F) or the Extra Full (XF) on top. This is where I think it turns into a real mind game.

In trap I will shoot a M on the bottom and a XF on top. Given you only get one shot at the bird, but if you hit a bad streak and gotta pick it up it seems to give you a much better focus and timing if I switch to the top barrel and shoot the XF. Then switch back over to the M. I have tried shooting anything from LM to XF on trap and find that M is the most consistent with me. This is the same setup I will use if I shoot Int'l Trap. Easier to carry over then to switch them out.

When shooting Sporting Clays the birds come at a bunch of different angles, I may open it up to a Light Mod(LM) on the bottom and a M-XF on top dependent on how the birds are looking.

Doubles Trap you know EXACTLY where the birds are going to be going so I open it up to a LM and F. See flash of orange and fire away and you killed it then pick up the second one and pick it off. Very easy.

Keep in mind that your personal shooting style and choke tube selection go hand in hand. But this is not to say a good shooter can't shoot a SK on trap and still break a 25. The important thing is to not get to frustrated to quickly and switch out chokes and change everything. If you consistently are missing birds then your baseline or pre shot routine may be the problem, especially if you aren't keeping your head on the gun!

Here is my shotgun with only a XF Briley Splash Choke:

Here is my shotgun with two Briley Extended Chokes in it:

Description of the Basic Trap and Skeet

As many shooters out there know, a few different kind of clay target sports exist. I can give an opinion on all of them because I have shot all of them, while I'm not very good at any of them I can hold my own and explain the basics.

Trap:
The simplistic of them all. A round consists of 25 birds thrown in 5 bird increments. There are 5 shooting stations in which you shoot 5 birds at each one. You stand at 16yds from the Trap house, shoot in order station 1, 2...then the order starts over until this is done 5 times, then a right hand rotation. Shooter 1 moves to station 2 and Shooter 5 go around to station 1. The birds will fly at 5 different angles. From straight away to far left or far right.

Skeet:

The second most known type of clay game. This is very different from trap where the birds are thrown across the field instead of flying away from the shooter. In this sport, you move stations after every shooter has shot at the station. The birds come from two locations. The "High House" and the "Low House." You will see the same bird every time, but the angle will be slightly different based on what station you are at.

There are International Trap and Skeet which are obviously Internationally difficult. 

The birds are twice as fast and 4 times as hard to hit. These sports have a different rotation but they are still based on the same fundamental of 25 birds.

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