to cut or not to cut

[OH Osthaus]

Harold

that is what you get for spending all that time chasing birds in the UP.


looks like a nice gun Forest, as said before a letter may be able to answer the question of the chokes original configuration.

in any case, the set up is very useful

[Harold Pickens]

A somewhat similar question. How do you feel about changing chokes to make a gun more shooter friendly. My first Parker, a VH 16 1 frame, was originally m/f, but back in 1986 I had it changed to IC/IC, and it became a much better upland gun( gunsmith only had an IC reamer for 16's).
I have a nice Lefever G grade 16 damascus from 1897 with 28" f/f, and even with spreaders it shoots dam tight--still, I successfully used it on grouse and woodcock. Have thought about opening it up, but probably will not.
I have a VH 20 and DHE 16 O frame, both have 26" barrels and have factory chokes ordered at cyl/mod , confirmed by factory letter.
I also have a very early" The Sterlingworth Co." pin gun with factory cyl/mod borings, a standard offering in their field guns. I woulnt be surprized if that cyl/f was ordered that way.
Great find, sorry i missed it--snooze, you lose!

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

A somewhat similar question. How do you feel about changing chokes to make a gun more shooter friendly. My first Parker, a VH 16 1 frame, was originally m/f, but back in 1986 I had it changed to IC/IC, and it became a much better upland gun( gunsmith only had an IC reamer for 16's).
I have a nice Lefever G grade 16 damascus from 1897 with 28" f/f, and even with spreaders it shoots dam tight--still, I successfully used it on grouse and woodcock. Have thought about opening it up, but probably will not.
I have a VH 20 and DHE 16 O frame, both have 26" barrels and have factory chokes ordered at cyl/mod , confirmed by factory letter.
I also have a very early" The Sterlingworth Co." pin gun with factory cyl/mod borings, a standard offering in their field guns. I woulnt be surprized if that cyl/f was ordered that way.
Great find, sorry i missed it--snooze, you lose!

Harold;
I'm against reaming choke out of a gun especially if the factory letter on that gun states what chokes were ordered. A well known shooter once told me that misses are measured in feet, choke only gives you inches.
It took a while for this to register in my dense brain but what he was saying was focus on your target, not your chokes. The older I get and the more I shoot the more sense it makes to me. Glad you had a good trip to the UP.