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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 | #4 | ||||||
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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 | #5 | ||||||
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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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I don't know what that tells us.... The guy with the thinnest tread on his tires did the most driving...? The guy with the most empties in the rear cargo pocket of his shooting vest at the end of the day shot more shells? The guy who never made a mistake probably never tried anything? .
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03-21-2019, 04:58 PM | #7 | ||||||
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When Tom Roster was writing a column for the American Shotgunner way back when, I wrote (yes pen and paper) asking his opinion on how to open a choke on a gun without removing metal. This was in the early eighties I was shooting a 26" VHE that was M/F. He said to simply cut the petals off a wad then use a fiber wad under the shot column to make up for the missing petals. It worked much better than spreader loads as there was still a good center density. Now a days I can't get enough choke. Funny how your perspective changes as you age.
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03-07-2019, 06:47 PM | #8 | ||||||
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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 | #9 | ||||||
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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 | #10 | ||||||
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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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