While I know about the different "chokes" (meaning cylinder, modified, full, etc, etc) I wanted to know your thoughts on specific brand chokes vs brand shotty.
I picked up a Mossberg 500, and inadvertantly thought there was a chance that this shotgun would come with interchangeable "Accu-chokes". Wrongo (shotgun noob mistake I suppose). Anyway, I want a few chokes just for consideration of target shooting, skeet-or-trap-or-sporting clay, and HD.
For HD I figure I can stick with the cylinder, but would almost prefer something a little tighter maybe modified?
for target shooting for the sake of shooting, well I am fine with just sticking with the cylinder as I am not shooting long range at the moment.
For maybe getting into clays I figure a skeet or improved cylinder.
That all being said, how the hell do I install them? I do not feel any threads in the existing barrel so I assume screw-ins are out of the question. Clearly there is no "fixed choke" other than the cylinder bore.
So, do I need a whole new barrel in order to use chokes or are there chokes that can be installed into this smooth barrel? Also, since I know some Mossy's come with "Accu-chokes" am I to assume ONLY Accu-chokes are fully compatible with Mossberg? or can I use another brand, say Remington?
I picked up a Mossberg 500, and inadvertantly thought there was a chance that this shotgun would come with interchangeable "Accu-chokes". Wrongo (shotgun noob mistake I suppose). Anyway, I want a few chokes just for consideration of target shooting, skeet-or-trap-or-sporting clay, and HD.
For HD I figure I can stick with the cylinder, but would almost prefer something a little tighter maybe modified?
for target shooting for the sake of shooting, well I am fine with just sticking with the cylinder as I am not shooting long range at the moment.
For maybe getting into clays I figure a skeet or improved cylinder.
That all being said, how the hell do I install them? I do not feel any threads in the existing barrel so I assume screw-ins are out of the question. Clearly there is no "fixed choke" other than the cylinder bore.
So, do I need a whole new barrel in order to use chokes or are there chokes that can be installed into this smooth barrel? Also, since I know some Mossy's come with "Accu-chokes" am I to assume ONLY Accu-chokes are fully compatible with Mossberg? or can I use another brand, say Remington?