TexasCHLforum.com

chasfm11 wrote:On the side opposite the maker information is has the word "full".

Chas.

Yes, this means you have a full choke barrel. That just makes it more of a challenge!

AndyC wrote:UpTheIrons (awesome band, btw ) - your wife must have been doing well to hit them with such a small caliber (gauge, whatever) - the 28ga is small and recoils softly compared to 12ga but it doesn't hold a whole lot of pellets, so it's a lot more difficult to hit a clay with one of those. Great job

Thanks! (Have you heard "The Final Frontier" yet? It's good stuff. ) I'm pretty much split down the middle on my wife's marksmanship abilities. On the one hand, I'm glad she's a natural shot and adapts easily and well to whatever gun you put in her hands, but on the other hand, I had to practice, practice, and practice some more to get as good as I am, and I'm nowhere near the caliber of Jarrett/Michel/Michulek, 4-H awards notwithstanding.

She has (from her dad) a 20 ga. 870 with a full choke barrel (one of the old ones, built on a 12 ga. frame, so new barrels are virtually non-existent and may as well be made of platinum), and I've got a Mossy 500 in modified, so the guy we shot with (who has a full skeet setup on his ranch ) gave her the 28 ga. to try both for weight and an improved cylinder choke. I'll try my Mossy next time (maybe with the 18.5" barrel just for fun), but she's already talking about getting a dedicated skeet gun. I'm going to suggest a 12 ga., but we'll see how she feels about it. Anything that keeps her shootin' is fine with me! Even if it does bruise my ego a little bit.

Thanks for the tips! My wife shot skeet for the first time last week (and it was the first time for me in 20+ years) and this will give her a real jump on the next time we go. She used a 28 ga. and did quite well shooting only from station 7, considering the wind kicked up and she had such a small gun.