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BALLISTICS BASICS Here’s all the information you need to choose the perfect load and choke for your next experience in the field or on the range.

FOR DETAILED BALLISTICS DATA + Shotshell Waterfowl Loads page 36

CHOKE Choosing the right choke is critical to get the most out of your ammunition. Following are the optimal distances for each main type of choke used by hunters and recreational shooters today.

CHOKE

DISTANCE

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

IDEAL RANGE 15-25 YDS

Skeet – Just slightly tighter than cylinder bore, skeet choke tubes are made to get a quick spread on shot. The ideal range for this choke constriction is 15 to 25 yards.

SKEET

IMPROVED CYLINDER

IDEAL RANGE 20-30 YDS

Improved Cylinder – The optimal choke to use with Winchester Steel Shot Waterfowl products. The ideal range is 20-30 yards.

MODIFIED

Modified – Modified choke tubes are a good general choke size to use when not sure whether shots will be close or far. Their ideal pattern is found at 30 to 40 yards.

IDEAL RANGE 30-40 YDS

IMPROVED - MODIFIED

Improved Modified – Improved Modified chokes offer little performance difference over Modified and Full but can offer a sweet spot out between 45 to 55 yards.

IDEAL RANGE 45-55 YDS

FULL

Full – For delivering maximum patterns at distance, go with the full choke, which depending on the load, can deliver an ideal range between 55 to 65 yards.

IDEAL RANGE 55-65 YDS

Winchester Bismuth has a buffered payload that puts more pellets on target for 60 yard performance

WATERFOWL SHOT GUIDE

SHOT SIZES

IDEAL RANGE SHOT SIZE

CHOKE

GAUGE

STANDARD SHOT SIZES Shot Number

DENSITY

SPECIES

9

8.5

8

7.5

7

6

5

4

Diameter In Inches Pellets/Oz., Steel Pellets/Oz., Lead Pellets/Oz Bismuth

.08

.085

.09

.095

.10

.11

.12

.13

15-40 yds

4, 5, 6

IC/Mod

12, 20, 28

7.9*

-

-

577

490

420

316

243

191

DUCK (SMALL)

11.0*

585

500

410

350

300

225

170

135

9.7*

-

-

-

-

-

-

194

-

10-40 yds

BB,1, 2, 3

Mod/Imp. Mod 10, 12, 20

DUCK (LARGE)

Shot Number

3

2

1

B

BB

BBB

T

Diameter In Inches Pellets/Oz., Steel Pellets/Oz., Lead

.14

.15

.16

.17

.18

.19

.20

7.9*

153

125

103

-

72

61

53

10-45 yds

T, BBB, BB Mod/Imp. Mod

10, 12

11.0*

-

87

-

-

50

-

-

GOOSE

* Grams per cubic centimeter

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