re: Preferred Choke for Duck Hunting

Redhead Blackout Mid-Range extended, ported choke tube on my 870. It's made by Carlsons and the mid-range choke contrition correlates to a light-modified. I shoot Kent and Hevi-Metal #2.

I've been extremely pleased out to 40ish yards. If all goes according to plan, I'm shooting decoying birds and that choke gives me what I need without blowing away the ducks.

I hunt with a guy who shoots the pattern master code black duck out of his Beretta xtrema 2 and he isn't picky about his shells. He is either going to stone cold crush a bird or clean miss. And direct hits inside of 20 yards are not pretty. Just utter carnage. If you take a lot of longer passing shots, this would be a good choke tube for you.

In general, hunters tend to shoot too tight of a choke at waterfowl and too loose of a choke at upland birds.