Patternmaster Chokes!

[fabsroman]

I bought one back in about 2002 or 2003, and used it for about 3 years pretty hard before we had our first kid. Haven't been hunting much since then, but I love the choke tube. The only thing I used it for was waterfowl because it was supposed to be designed to work well with the thicker wads used in non-toxic loads.

Between that tube and Hevi-Shot, I killed a hen mallard at about 50 yards straight up as she circled around to see what happened to her other 2 flying buddies when they came in right over the decoys (i.e., I knocked both of the drakes down with the first 2 shots, one of which had a $100 reward band on it) and she came down dead as a rock. Usually, I don't shoot hens, but it was the first day I had my puppy out for waterfowl and I wanted to give him as many opportunities as possible to retrieve. Anyway, I was extremely surprised that the hen came down like a rock and didn't move a feather after hitting the ground.

Visit the board a little more often! LOL

[skeet]

I've got a couple but have never used 'em..I use Brileys..Or the factory chokes in the SBE II I have. Hey Fabs..did ya really collect that 100 bucks??..I never knew anybody that cashed one..

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by skeet

I've got a couple but have never used 'em..I use Brileys..Or the factory chokes in the SBE II I have. Hey Fabs..did ya really collect that 100 bucks??..I never knew anybody that cashed one..

I've collected twice. Once on this duck and once on a goose. Here is a pic of that duck. Green means you get a check in the mail. I might have kept a copy of the check, but I am not going to go looking for it right now. I know I kept all the cards from the bands I have called in.

Edit to add: You should know me by now. I am a quick talking attorney and a penny pinching CPA. Of course I collected on that $100 and then made that my excuse to hunt more (i.e., look, I can make money doing this. LOL).