Briley tubes and storage
 

Recenlty received my first set of Briley tubes in 28ga.

My question is:
Do you store yours in the barrels or out of the gun when not in use for a significant time?

How often do you take out of the barrels to clean all?

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I usually kept the 20 or 28 gauge tubes in the first K-32 I had all the time well except when changed to the other two . But this was a pure skeet gun and by then I never used the 12 at all in skeet events . Every once and awhile I’d run the Tico tool down thru the 12 gauge barrels .

A 10b & 12b both have Briley choke tubes. I take them out to clean after shooting then put them back in. The shotguns park in my gun safe. The other choke tubes stay in the plastic tube boxes until needed.

Mine are full-length removable with choke tubes. Only shoot the gun maybe 8-10 times a year, rarely for over 100-rnd. sessions. I make sure there is a good coating of lubricant (not dripping!) in the bores, and pay special attention to the screw choke lubricant so nothing gets "welded in place" from neglect. I rarely remove the tubes (maybe once a year, weather dependent mostly) to check on the above, then replace and store them right in the gun. My original Damascus barrels were deemed "unsafe with any load" after micing and gauged for BWT, so I ordered out the Briley full-length inserts. None better!

Personally, I would never store a shotgun threaded for choke tubes without them installed. There is too much risk of accidently firing the gun without them.

I wipe the others down at the end of the season and keep them in a small, clear plastic tackle box.

My guns that have full length tubes are stored with the tubes in place. My tubes are made to fit specific bbl sets so there is no need to remove them. They are fit very snug and are not made to take out and put back in often. Only reason they can be removed is in case some bbl work needs to be done, then the tubes must come out. My tubes are all fixed chokes too, no need to be changing choke tubes as choke is irrelevant. The choke does not break the bird, the shooter breaks the bird. Put the muzzles at the right place and you'll break the target. Too many "shooters" worry about what choke they put in the gun instead of learning how to shoot and getting the mental game squared away.

That mental game you speak about there big Mike, you offering any training on that:corn:

Sorry Keavin for taking your thread sideways

I once had a slight bit of corrosion in the barrel of a Browning Citori from leaving my tubes in for an extended period of time. I suspect some moisture got it there. I got the corrosion polished out by Kolar who's tubes were in. If you leave them in, I would strongly recommend taking them out, cleaning, and light oiling. Billy

Only if the young man shoots a Parker. :rotf:

He does that occasionally.:)