The recent thread on jug choking reminded me of a question lingering in my mind from a recent Julia's auction catalog entry. Does jug choking produce a "hot center" in a pattern and is this desirable?. The entry in question is from the description of King Alphonso's hammer pigeon gun:
"Bore diameter: left -.730, right – .731. Bore restrictions: left – .031 with .001 recess (full), right – .033 with .001 recess (full); (This is standard Purdey boring for pigeon guns. Recess giving superb tight patterns with a hot center). (Factory records indicate “both fullest choke”.) "
