Yes and no . While I agree with that as a general statement . It depends . Just throwing shot on paper doesn't help much . I've never been a fan of patterning at 40 yards. Most trap birds are broken at about 35 yards and I pattern from there. Most shooters don't take enough shots and then compare an average. Also they don't take the time to divide the pattern into quadrants . A lot of good information on pattern work can be found in the book. "Shotgunning,the Art and the Science by Bob Brister,
There's alot of options and claims to better performance out there. I've tried a couple meaning 2. Never saw anything different results than what the factory chokes produced.
After owning one of these barrels years ago I was going to recommend the opposite.
I've found the long handicap tube absolutely demolishes targets from up front to all the way back. The other two don't. The mid handicap is fine for singles, but I prefer not to keep track of which tube is in the gun for which event and the mid handicap isn't going to get you a target the long handicap doesn't. I wouldn't use a .02x for anything in a singles or handicap gun.
Pattering board also helps you know where your gun shots. Our club has a monthly Chichen shoot - I run a raffle selling posted notes with a dot - Put your name and stick it on a 36" target - winner from the month before shoots one shot at 33 yards. Closest bb to the dot wins half the pot, most bb on your posted note gets a bottle of my home-made wine. Been doing this for four years. You would be surprised at how many shoots don't now where their gun shoots.
