Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Murphy
My more than 50 year experience with Cutts Compensators sure differs from Dave's. I still own about twenty Cutts guns and shoot them regularly. I have not seen or heard of a damaged Cutts in all that time. I have also never seen any evidence that a wad or a slug had ever gone sideways in a
Cutts body. I've also never seen one of those damaged Poly Chokes that he describes. Of course, that's just me.
|
Bill, believe me, after 35 years as a gun store owner that offered gunsmithing, I have seen about every bad thing that can happen to a shotgun, rifle or handgun.
I certainly wasn't criticizing the Cutts style chokes, I think they are cool in a nostalgic way. I was just answering a question that was asked, based on
my personal observation. I should clarify that I was refering to the old large diameter compensators that required the shot column and wad to jump a relatively long open gap between the muzzle and the choke tube. Poly Choke solved that problem by putting their compensator after the choke mechanism. And yes, Poly's can be damaged also, though usually from incorrect use by the shooter. The "fingers" of these collet style chokes can get bent when cleaning or when not cleaned often enough. And I will mention again, nimrods shooting slugs through them when they're screwed down to extra full. I have seen many with missing "fingers", and once one is gone your shot pattern or accuracy with a slug is gone also.
10-03-2013, 11:43 AM
Hybrid Mode