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03-07-2019, 05:21 PM
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I totally disagree. Unless the gun is some mint condition collector's item open those chokes and make it a useful shooter to you. I had the right barrel of my go-to bird gun opened to improved cylinder in 1966 and have never regretted it one bit.
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03-07-2019, 05:47 PM
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I have opened chokes in the past. It's not gonna happen again. I would rather find another gun with the choking I was after. The more I shoot the more I like tight chokes. Give it a shot, no pun intended.
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03-07-2019, 06:27 PM
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If I believe the internet, some day, I will own the last full choke Parkers in the country. Beware those barrel butchers. The ones with the highest reputations, since they get the most business, ruin the most guns.
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03-07-2019, 06:47 PM
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This is one of those age old arguments that is much more based on art rather than science! If one is a good wingshot, then a full choke gun is useful in any situation, while a cylinder/open choked gun has limitations when it comes to really long shots on tough targets (read clays, wild roosters - geese turkeys). There was a time when I was first shooting live pigeons that i thought my first barrel should be open choked. I have (or had, less and less every year!) very quick reflexes and thought that that open choke would be an advantage. But when I went back and analyzed my shooting, I found that I would lose an occaisional bird that I felt I had center punched. I switched to improved modified for barrel 1, and my first shot dead bird average increased. So, I said all of that to say this, since I have been collecting, I make it a point to shoot different guns as much as possible, but once you open the choke on a gun you cant put that genie back in the bottle.
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03-07-2019, 08:03 PM
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A recurring debate, but I am glad that this topic is still subject to deliberation.
I respect other's rights to dispose of their property as they see fit, but I cannot reconcile my role as “custodian/steward” with alterations that to me are elective, fundamental and intrinsically irreversible.
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03-07-2019, 08:17 PM
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CRAP, i just cerakoted my 1178 auto that I shoot ducks with! I have foolishly ruined its collector value in 2119!
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03-07-2019, 08:18 PM
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Correction 1187
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03-07-2019, 08:27 PM
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Have you thought about shooting spreader loads in the right barrel. Try patterning it with spreaders you may be surprised.
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