DROP IN VALUE FOR OPENED CHOKES

[Kensal Rise]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

... I do not suspect they left the factory this way since the wall thickness on the right was .020 all the way...

Perhaps you were not entirely accurate in this statement? "All the way" from where to where? If the walls measure .020 within the first 18 inches from the breech, you should be VERY concerned. Beyond that point, you might get away with it. Maybe.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by John Campbell

Perhaps you were not entirely accurate in this statement? "All the way" from where to where? If the walls measure .020 within the first 18 inches from the breech, you should be VERY concerned. Beyond that point, you might get away with it. Maybe.

I was referring to "all the way" in the typical 3 to 4 inches of choke area at the muzzle. The left barrel which had some choke remaining (.006) measured about .030 in the typical choke area. The .676 bore diameter tells me they have been honed.

Again, as I said "I do not suspect they left the factory this way."