Hunting friend has a 97 Winchester that was originally 30" full choke. He was a fair shot with it. Barrel got banana peeled about 30 years ago, it's now about 24" cylinder bore. Deadliest sharptail and Hun gun I've seen, good out to 25 to 30 yards with modern loads of 1.25 oz of 6s. He now lets long shots go, and hits nearly every time on close birds. Taking a lesson, I use a skeet #1 for early season birds. Works well when they are flushing a few feet ahead. I switch to light modified or modified after the early season birds get wiser.
Last edited by 300_savage; 10/03/21.
