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Very nice. A model 42 is on my list of guns I’d like to own. Waiting for the right one to turn up.
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I have one which was unfired when I got it. Perhaps has 200 rounds through it. I had a straight stock made for it. Original stock is put away without a mark on it
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David, tell us more about your Model 42. I am shopping for number 30. No, that is not a serial number.
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It's a 1953, round post donut rib, matching two barrel set that I restocked. I'm attaching a couple of photos of another 42 that I did a few years back.
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David, you do beautiful work
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Just out of curiosity what are the measurements of Winchester .410-bore IMP CYL and MOD chokes? I have a Model 42 with two barrel & magazine assemblies, one 26-inch SKEET that measures .006" and one 28-inch MOD that measures .009". I could never tell a bit of difference on the skeet field.
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My 42 cylinder bore crushes skeet targets. Low 4 bite's the dust.
  
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My 42's choke restriction, measured with a full lenght bore mic: Skeet = .002, IC = .003, Mod = .005
The Shotgun Book by the late Jack O'Connor lists the following regarding choking for the .410 bore shotgun. Data include (in order): boring, bore diameter, muzzle diameter, constriction, and percent at 25 yds. in 30-inch circle: Full Choke, .410, .396, .014, 70 Modified, .410, .405, .005, 60 Imp. Cyl., .410, .408, .002, 50 Cylinder, .410, .410, None, 40 I've had about a dozen 42's over the years & they mic'd similar to O'Connor's list. I know if you looking at newer charts they list 410 chokes being tighter. The difference could be the period & the ammo, or finding the earlier more open chokes had too many open spots & a tighter choke in 410 was more effective. But who knows?? |
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