Thread: Beginners guide to choosing shot sizes

MD covered it well but would add that as for your last queation regarding range is that from my experience lead seems to be able to retain energy a bit farther than steel. If you are shooting lead at longer distances than steel go for a tighter choke for a better pattern for game shooting.

On the subject of chokes it is quite a good idea to try clays with much tighter chokes than necessary every now and again in practice to see how your accuracy is, and improve it accordingly. On a score card a couple of pellets breaking the clay in two is recorded the same as one turned to dust. A few rounds with over tight choke will imrove your skill and once that has occured going back to a slightly more open one will see improvment in scores.