Why Ported Choke Tubes?

Ported choke tubes are not designed to reduce muzzle jump or recoil. The holes go all the way around the tube so it is pushing down as much as it is pushing up. Supposedly, the purpose of the ported choke is to strip the wad from the shot charge which supposedly provides for a better pattern.

What are the advantages of ported choke tubes?

I have been hearing lately about the added benefits of porting chokes. They are supposedly designed to strip the wad as it passes and stop the wad from impacting the shot string and “blowing out the pattern”.
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Ported Chokes
  • Improved patterns due to wad retardation,
  • lowered recoil, and.
  • less muzzle jump.

Which is better ported or non ported choke tubes?

Usually your better off with a non ported choke for steel loads. Not always the case but the non ported chokes can pattern better with all kinds of ammo, sometimes steel loads do worse instead of better with ported chokes pattern wise.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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