Which barrel first ????

[B. Dudley]

You could also order a letter.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

You could also order a letter.

In the interest of sharing for the common education of everyone interested and whereas I don’t own the gun, it having possibly been broken up for parts or it at least doesn’t currently have these reverse choked barrels, I believe I won’t “order a letter” and if Chuck chooses to look up the order and share his findings, if any, that will be his choice, thanks.





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[Pa SxS]

S/N 57043 is listed in the order book as a Grade 2, 10ga. with 30" barrels. No mention of reverse chokes. Unfortunately there is no stock book so we can't see the pellet counts. I have seen on occasion where the order book would specify choking the RH barrel tighter than the left. More than likely, if I can read the pellet counts in the stock book, I've seen it there too. I don't recall ever seeing an order for the triggers to be reversed so the front trigger would fire the left barrel first but never say never. If I run across one, I'll let everyone know.

[Bill Murphy]

Early skeet guns were reverse choked because early skeet was shot high house beyond the stake (long range, tight choke) and the low house was shot close to the shooter (short range, open choke). Unfortunately, the whole scenario changed on the right side of the field and the selector would have to be changed on a single trigger gun to make things "right". The truth is that if a shooter was any good, it didn't matter what choke he used on what bird. Having the selector in the wrong position when the shooter arrived at station eight could and would result in a lost bird because of a shell loaded in the wrong chamber after messing with the selector. In today's skeet world, both barrels are choked the same.

[Bruce Hering]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Early skeet guns were reverse choked because early skeet was shot high house beyond the stake (long range, tight choke) and the low house was shot close to the shooter (short range, open choke). Unfortunately, the whole scenario changed on the right side of the field and the selector would have to be changed on a single trigger gun to make things "right". The truth is that if a shooter was any good, it didn't matter what choke he used on what bird. Having the selector in the wrong position when the shooter arrived at station eight could and would result in a lost bird because of a shell loaded in the wrong chamber after messing with the selector. In today's skeet world, both barrels are choked the same.

Spreaders for me..... LOL... Wait, I shoot spreaders all the way around.... yea I know.