Undoing Screw In Chokes

[Mills]

Has anyone here ever had barrels with screw in chokes taken back to fixed chokes? If so, who did it, how complicated (expensive) was it and were you pleased with the results.

[OH Osthaus]

i would think you would have to cut the barrels and lose all choke

unless there was an incredible amount of wall thickness that would allow back boring and honing

[Mills]

The way it could be done is a new choke tube that does not have the notches for the wrench and then heating up/welding so the tube stays in place.

Something icky about screw in chokes in vintage guns.

[OH Osthaus]

true - that fixes a screw in choke - but to me its not removing it, i still think that would be a challenge

[Kensal Rise]

If you actually have a gun you are considering such work for, contact Kirk Merrington.

[Mills]

I was looking at one as a potential project. Unless I find out the damage can be undone, I don't plan on buying it.

[Opening Day]

Mills, call Kirk, he will tell you what can and can't be done.

[Kensal Rise]

The solution is to "sleeve" the recess then rebore the chokes. This all depends on barrel wall thickness of that particular gun at the muzzle. The process is not cheap, thus the gun must be "worth it." Kirk can tell you what can be done... but he must have the barrels in hand.

[Mills]

Sounds like it is better to pass on to something else. I was just curious if anyone had ever tried it.

[C.O.B.]

I don't know why the notches in the choke tube couldn't be filled in by micro welding them. We saw where a member had a barrel repaired at the muzzel so that the damage was unnoticeable.

Anybody who would put screw in chokes in a vintage gun should be castorated with a dull butter knife, but thats just my thought. I passed on a Purdy that was a great deal price wise but it had screw in chokes The barrels had one of the nicest damascuss patterns I've seen.