fabs, the first time i shot it with the ported choke on the bottom, i did however switch barrels after all this because i too have always heard the same story on o/u recoil. it felt dif. no matter which barrel i placed it in. i was realy dumbfounded. all that being said i guess i shouldn't be totaly surpised as they are able to reduce felt recoil on a lot of rifles with muzzle breaks. with the two dif. chokes in the same gun at the same time and being able to fire one right after the other really gave me the oportunity to compare. i am not advocating all ported chokes will do this, and it may be more evident in a higher load such as a turkey load but i am confident that it did something in mine. i am not a novice shotgun shooter, for years back in the early eightys i shot "Meat Shoots" with the good-o-boys for sides of beef and such. there are a lot of gimmics out there for those guys too. so i'm a bit sceptical on most claims. maybe someone else with a o/u and a c-n-c turkey choke and try it too this spring and post their results. by the way got a great pattern out of it. i'm sold on chomp-n-choke products.
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Originally posted by fabsroman
Jim,
Let me guess on this one. The ported choke was on the top barrel and the unported choke was on the bottom barrel.
I could be wrong, but I am willing to guess that is how you had it set up.
The reason for my guessing that way is because the top barrel on an o/u always has more recoil than the bottom barrel, even if you use the same chokes. Clay shooters will always shoot the bottom barrel first, and if only shooting a single shot, will always use the bottom barrel.
The reason for the increased recoil out of the top barrel is because the barrel is more out of line with your shoulder. In essence, the bottom barrel pushes the gun directly back into the shooter's shoulder but the top barrel tends to rotate the gun up into the shooter's face.
The results would only be magnified by a hot turkey load out of an o/u which provides no recoil help like an auto.
Let me know if my guess is correct.
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