A full choke,I believe, would be best for targets. I have been a past president of Oak Hill Conservation Club and we have spot shoots to raise money for our club. I can tell you that over 90% of our patrons choose to use a full choke claiming it tends to keep the group tight to get more shot into the target.
The choke you use depends on your target rather than the type of shotgun. For example: if you are shooting skeet, you would use improved or modified cylinder, but if you are shooting trap, you would use full choke.
The standard choke for trap shooting is full choke. If using the largest, widest choke pattern, there is a good chance that that you can 'miss' your target if all of the bbs go around your target. The clay can slip through a gap in your pattern and it would be a miss, even if you were aimed right at it. That is why most non-beginner trap shooters use full choke. When using full choke, it is almost guaranteed that you will hit your target if aimed at it. However, I would not advise a beginning shooter to use full choke. I advise that you use your modified choke if you are a beginning trap shooter. You are still very likely to hit the target using modified, so 'missing' is not a problem. Also, it gives you a wide enough pattern to be likely to hit the target, and know where you are aiming (left, right, high, low) and how to correct your mistake. Once you are comfortable with modified, move up to improved modified or full choke if you want. In fact, I have been shooting for 2 years and I still use modifed from the 16 yard line. I don't have a problem with it. It works for me, and it should work for you.
It all depends no what you are shooting. You can find many websites that discuss chokes and the applications of which is best for what type of shooting you are doing.
Shotgun with a skeet choke.
improved cylinder
Improved cylinder or larger. Actually alot of folks do very well with a skeet gun.
Hunting, target shooting, collecting,
Sports, self defense, hunting, target shooting, collecting
You would use a full,or extra full choke if using 00buck for hunting purposes.If for self protection thats up to you.
You will have to buy as many different brands and bullet weights as you can afford and shoot them to find out.
yes- for target shooting, hunting and, sometimes warfare
if you are just target shooting then yes, but if there is anouther person shooting at you, then WEAR A MASK!! protect your eyes.