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I agree with Ted. I have a number of 16 ga. doubles with several different choke configurations ranging from imp. cylinder to extra full. If I was going to choose one for turkey hunting, it would be a 30" barreled gun choked full and fuller. Full and modified would be my choice for pheasant, and imp.cyl./light modified would be my choice for grouse. It would be full and modified if I was actually limited to the hellish and unacceptable choice of only one double. I could always use spreaders for shorter range use.

I'd guess that Jagermeister's choice in this question would be either an A-5 or a Rem. 870 Police Magnum with screw in choke tubes... since he still doesn't have even one lousy double... and probably never will.

I suppose we could split the hairs even further, and limit ourselves to but one size of shot, with our two choke choices, Keith. I have, occasionaly, hunter ruffed grouse with either 8 or 6 shot, I guess I can't say I'd want a gun choked identicle for that use with those two sizes of shot.

I still think it would be hard to own but a single gun, for the uses I have.


Best,
Ted

Sure. All of that is true, keith and Ted. But none of it answers the o.p.'s question, which was:

If You Could Only...have 1 Double Gun (16 bore), how would you choke it.
The most versatile choke combination would be...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Fill in the blank

The point of the exercise, as I understand Mr. Cash, is to consider all the types of hunting you do and try to determine what choke combination would be the best (sure, it may be a tradeoff). You may not like the question, or the premise, but that is the question. The question is not whether one 16 ga. gun is the best route to go.

SRH

Awww Stan, you are taking the fun out of it.

I was enjoying reading Ted and Keith squirming out from under the confines of the original question!

I would choose Imp cyl. and mod. Why? Because my pattern board tells me that the shot coming out of those chokes are perfect for the distances that I shoot upland birds behind a pointing dog.

My inclination would be sk/IC, since 90% of my hunting is ruffed grouse in tight, mountainous cover. However, my normal one week per annum on the prairies would likely force me to compromise to IC/MOD.

OK James... just for you... if I could only have one 16 ga. double... it would be choked full and modified as a compromise for all of the small game hunting I do. Such a dismal scenario would also indicate that the filthy rotten lying Liberal Left Democrats finally succeeded in restricting us to one shotgun, and were gleefully moving toward the total ban they really want. In other words, the OP is a nightmare scenario that should make us all think about who we support and vote for.

Hahaha! Perfect Keith. I knew you had it in you.

For the record, despite the difficulty I have removing steel from barrels, I'd have IC and Mod.

Dear keith. Take a deep breath.
As Stan so precisely stated, this was only an exercise, I repeat, only an exercise.

I'm wanting a CSMC Fox in 16 gauge but don't want to spend the cash on a second set of barrels.
I was looking for affirmation of my choice of chokes, .017/.007.
Dave Erickson said it best, "A 16 is best when it's not trying to be a 12". Thanks Dave.
The peoples have spoken. If I read it right, many would hover around Mod/IC.

So keith, You managed to make a fun little information gathering "exercise" into your personal soapbox
allowing you to hysterically (and not the funny kind) taint yet another thread and to also take more shots at your arch enemy Jagermeister.
Remember what Aaron Burr said in Hamilton,"Talk less, smile more".

Bob, a one-shot try for two birds: chokes and gauges. One size can't fit all but what suits me for upland and in the blind is IC/M, shot 3 and 5, 20 o/u SKB model 500, no disadvantage from snipe to geese. Kent TM makes up for a lot.

And a good dog.