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WPGRIFFON
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Choke Work

Post by WPGRIFFON »

I'm sure this has been presented to the members many times before, but I am going to ask again.

i want to have a set 16 gauge barrels opened to more suitable chokes.

What entities/individuals are recommended.

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Re: Choke Work

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Most of us would recommend you find a buyer for your gun. There are too many stories about bad barrel work to recommend having any barrel work done.
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Re: Choke Work

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There are many risks in life. You have to figure what you can live with in a worst-case scenario. When I bought my Model 21 16ga I found the right barrel had been opened to .003" from its original Modified constriction. I sent it to Mike Orlen and he cut a jug choke into it of about .014" which tightened up the patterns nicely with my favorite shell. Mike also opened the chokes of my 16ga Lefever to what I asked, and he currently has my 12ga Fox barrels in for work. He's been doing this a long time.
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Re: Choke Work

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Mike used to do all the choke work for Dan Rossiter at Custom Stocks and Steel. Dan finally got the tools and does his own chokes now to keep everything in house. He however doesn't do choke work unless its part of a bigger project.
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fn16ga
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Re: Choke Work

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Mike Orlen did a great job for me
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Re: Choke Work

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Jim Eyster does excellent work, both on poi & what % you want at specified yardage.
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Re: Choke Work

Post by ROMAC »

I just had Connecticut Shotgun open up a 16 gauge Sterlingworth to .005 and .014 for me.

It is now a dedicated grouse and woodcock gun.

I'm happy with the job. It was $50.00 per barrel.
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Re: Choke Work

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My go to bird gun was improved modified in both barrels when it left North 18th Street and Windrim Avenue in 1914 and still was when I got it in 1966. I immediately had the right barrel opened to improved cylinder, and haven't regretted it one bit.

Mint condition "collector's" items and historically significant guns I wouldn't mess with, but the vast majority of these old guns are "shooters" and I'd rather have the gun shoot patterns that work for me.
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Re: Choke Work

Post by Mike of the Mountain »

ROMAC, did CSMC use tapered reamers to match the Fox tapered chokes? Would make sense to me as they do have the tooling to do that style.
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