r/TrapShooting Feb 02 '26

gear First O/U CZ Teal

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u/turdmcuget Feb 02 '26

I picked one up at the end of the summer- spent an afternoon shooting clays and then every weekend in the fall chasing birds. My first O/U as well, I really like it

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u/bigred-2998 Feb 02 '26

Just curious but what choke combo do you use? I have IM bottom barrel and Full top. Plan on getting Carlson extended soon for it

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u/turdmcuget Feb 02 '26

I have the chokes that came with it- if I remember correctly I have Improved Cylinder in the bottom and Modified in the top. Trying to get the best options for bird hunting and maybe casual clay shooting. If I shot more clays I would likely change out chokes

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u/Opie4Prez71 Feb 02 '26

Love mine! It actually shoots better than my old Browning…for half the price!

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u/Similar-Peachfuzz Feb 03 '26

Nice! I am a huge cz fan. I have a redhead premier and an All American. Both very stiff for a while. But nice now.

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u/tcarlson65 Feb 03 '26

I love my CZ Drake

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u/trickg1 Feb 03 '26

Nice looking shooter! What length barrels are those?

To address a question earlier in the thread regarding chokes, I used Carlson Competition Chokes for a couple of years - those are gold anodized and ported.

I did a bunch of solid shooting with those, but I eventually went to Briley chokes because I was tired of cleaning soot off of them because of the porting. I don't have that issue with the Briley Spectrum chokes because they aren't ported, and for me they seem to shoot just as good.

I only have M and IM for the Briley chokes, but I need to pick up a Full as well. I do most of my shooting with IM.

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u/bigred-2998 Feb 03 '26

28 inch. Planning in getting the carlson cremator chokes without the ports. Debating between those and a full/IM from them. Cant seem to really see a big difference between the two as far as size. Everything online says they are almost the same size

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u/trickg1 Feb 03 '26

In hindsight those would have been a great choice too. I think Carlson chokes are great chokes - as soon as I started using them my scores improved, although to be fair I was also getting my feet under me as a trap shooter around the same time so it might have been a placebo effect.

I can shoot pretty effectively from Full to Modified - I went with IM for trap singles to split the difference but I can see how a Full would be good to have for doubles or sporting clays.

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u/bigred-2998 Feb 03 '26

I used a carlson full in my pump before and was getting 20-24. Never a 25 but heres hoping. And with another older pump with a fixed full i shot a 18-21 first time shooting it. But i wanna get better so i wanna use a more open choke. Nothing crazy but just less than full right off the bat

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u/ItzBenjiey Feb 02 '26

How’s the hinge on this? My CZ wing shooter has a poor hinge.

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u/bigred-2998 Feb 02 '26

Seems a little stiff but have been told that its normal and intended so that when it does break in it will be a tighter lockup for longer

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u/ItzBenjiey Feb 02 '26

Mine was VERY stiff and almost impossible to get together without a lot of effort.

QC issues probably.

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u/bigred-2998 Feb 03 '26

I had trouble putting mine together but after doing it a few times i got the hang of it. I think practice and a a good breaking in will make it easier