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Shooting Traditional Firearms and Weapons => General Interest => Topic started by: Quartermaster James on October 08, 2009, 01:42:03 PM

Title: Choke tube question
Post by: Quartermaster James on October 08, 2009, 01:42:03 PM

If a fowling piece has been fitted for choke tubes, is it no longer suitable for shooting round ball too?

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Post by: Loyalist Dave on October 08, 2009, 03:44:36 PM

Of course not!  You may find that you need a cylinder or skeet choke to get the ball to load and shoot safely.  You need to determine which type of threading you have as different brands of tubes have different thread pitch.  I had a modern 16 gauge retro-fitted for tubes, and my tubes are Carlson's brand, flush mounted, for Winchester brand shotguns.  Carlson's makes just about every kind of choke you could wish for.
LD

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Post by: Lastmohecken on October 08, 2009, 07:50:40 PM

By concidence I just got through cutting about 8 inches off of a side by side 10ga percussion shotgun, that had screw in chokes.

I personally just didn't like the choke tubes, and I wanted a shorter lighter gun anyway. One problem I had was tearing the patches on the notches, that are required so the choke wrench has something to hook on to, and it was something else I felt I had to deal with everytime I cleaned it after shooting.

I never could hit anything with this gun, anyway, until I installed rifle sights on it. So, I am going to put the front sight back on, and make it a 10ga roundball gun for close range deer hunting, etc. Of course it will probably still shoot shot, too, just maybe not as tight a pattern.

Now, I will have a fast handling, short, and powerful weapon. Accuracy will have to be determined later.

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Post by: Quartermaster James on October 09, 2009, 06:56:04 PM

Thanks guys!