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Sidelock
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My nephew has a couple mint SKB 12ga Model 100s and wants to say goodbye to clickety-clacks. He believes they may have chromed barrels, and wants to know if the chokes can be opened to C or IC and LM.
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Sidelock
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if in fact bores are chrome plated, spreader loads may be a better solution...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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SKB 100s usually have chrome lined bores. Mike Orlen has Carbide tooling that and can open them up no trouble.
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Chrome lined bores are no hindrance for Orlen. He also explained to me that the chrome plating can never "flake" or 'peel" off due to opening chokes or lengthening forcing cones. It becomes a part of the metal itself, he said, not a "lining" that could somehow separate itself from the base metal.
SRH
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Appreciate your mail, gentlemen. I've emailed Mike.
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Sidelock
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King, if you don't get a reply to your email, try calling him at 413-256-1630
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How about Briley? I'm thinking of them opening up my chrome lined barrels.
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King, best to call and not email Mike. He is incredibly fast in turnaround once he gets the barrels. Gil
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Mike will do as good if not a better job than Briley for less money.
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I asked Jordan Smith to open the chokes on an Italian double from the 60s and when he got into them he found they were chrome lined and shipped them off to Briley with good results.
Owen
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