@Hunter-Habib - Agree with You and @BeeMaa that choke is only a factor in hunting and helpful in ‘killing’ your target vs hitting/missing it.
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@Hunter-Habib I do Not but I read articles about it in Sporting Clays magazine and was very surprised they still made them. I believe they are made on the same basic “Citori” action and would therefore be made by Miroku in Japan on a limited basis. But I could be wrong? All that would be required is for separate barrels to be made and fitted to the Citori action…that seems easy to do and for a Top Competitor that is Sponsored the cost would not matter. Browning triggers are usually poor (sloppy, travel) but that could be cleaned up with some custom work. It is rare to see any Top Sporting Clays shooter using a Browning and but many entry & mid level shooters use the Browning model 725 and it is by far the most popular Browning now in use on Sporting Clays courses. I will see if I can find the article or name of the Clays shooter(s) using Brownings and get back to you.
@HankBuck
I believe some Superposed can still be custom ordered from FN in Belgium. I have never seen an unaltered Superposed without fixed choke barrels.
@Hunter-Habib you may be right, I’ve been looking but can’t find any articles with the competitors name
). For clays I use skeet and change to modified for long range stations. On occasion I'll shoot clays with O/U Citori and use skeet and modified through the course. But it doesn't fit me as well as the A5 and I don't use it in the field so I don't waste much ammo shooting it at the range. Pretty gun to look at though.
Beretta DT-11, but only the models with 2.75” chambers.
I believe their Parallelo SxS is still available with fixed chokes.
Parallelo was available with fixed chokes until 2023, I believe. But now they stopped listing the fixed choke variant on their website. The 2025 catalog still lists them, but an employee at Beretta told me that this was an error & that all new Parallelo shotguns would exclusively be offered with multi chokes unfortunately.
@Ontario Hunter - I think the comparison in swing & smoothness was referring to OU barrels and Not Pumps - those single barrels tend to be thicker regardless of choke tubes or fixed. Since “smoothness & swing” are completely subjective and can’t be “measured” it’s pointless to argue.
Many competitive trap shooters have fixed full choke ... and ported ... and single shot. Hardly a "do-all" setup. Not something I would use to hunt pheasants or geese.
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@Ontario Hunter - it’s really Not “hard to imagine” if you ever attend or follow results at Sporting Clays competitions. While you might find some locals that drag two guns around a Clays course or change choke tubes at many stations - you won’t find them placing at higher level competitions (Worlds, Nationals, or Regionals etc.) or any other top level competition. The only adjustment they might make at a station is switching ammo from 8s down to 7 1/2s. Their focus is completely on the target, hold point, break point. It is what makes them “different” from the rest of us - concentration on what matters and consistency - separates the good shots from the Great ones. Babe Ruth didn’t bat .300 & hit 714 home runs thinking about what-cleats-to-wear.Many competitive trap shooters have fixed full choke ... and ported ... and single shot. Hardly a "do-all" setup. Not something I would use to hunt pheasants or geese.
Many of the guys at my course shoot only IC. But the ones using 410 and 28 gauge are wasting ammo on two stations. Just not enough pattern density, pellet density, or end velocity to make them work on long range targets.
Clays carts seem to sell well for guys who use different guns for different stations. Hard to imagine they're not changing chokes too.
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