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Spreader tubes in 12, 16, and 20 gauge throw patterns about like IC when using shotcup ammo. They consistently throw tighter than 16 and 20 ga WS1. I don't have enough experience with 28s. But .410 spreaders are just a smidge tighter than Winchester skeet. I can't see any difference when comparing it to Winchester mod.

So, depending on intended use, you might not need any other tubes. Moreover, you can unscrew the tube and get cylinder performance......dunno why anyone would want a cylinder choked .410, unless you intend to make a bet you can shoot a case on station 8 with no misses. Remember to clean the threads before reinstalling the tube.

Sam

Can't agree Jagermeister! I have sure seen a lot of Sportsman 48 and Model 11-48 Skeet Guns with Cutts from 12-gauge to .410-bore. Find those late 1930s pictures of young Robert Stack when he was winning Skeet titles and he'll be holding a Remington Sportsman with a Cutts.

In my 1942 Remington catalogues, they offer the Cutts fitted to Sportsman, Model 11 and Model 31 in 12-, 16-, or 20-gauge with plain, matted rib or ventilated rib barrels. In the 1947 catalogue it is only offered on plain barrels, but by 49 it is offered on all barrels again.

Remington also offers the Poly-Choke on these guns but only with plain barrels. "The Remington "Sportsman," Model 11 and New Improved Model 31 shotguns in 12, 16 and 20 gauges are now available with the new Aero-dyne Super Poly Choke built in at the Remington factory. The Poly Choke is made to specifications of the Poly Choke Company but is integral (made in one piece) with the barrel and cannot possibly come loose. This device gives varying degrees of choke in one gun. It is instantly adjustable from true cylinder to full choke by a mere twist of the sleve. The barrel is plain, without rib, and is 28" long including the Poly Choke. Not furnished in any other length or with solid or ventilated rib."

By the October 1950 catalogue the Cutts is offered fitted to vent rib Sportsman 48 and Model 870 shotguns and the Poly choke is offered fitted to Model 870, Model 11-48 and Sportsman 48 with plain barrels only. No more mention of being made integral with the barrels.

You have to be really anal to collect "original factory installed choke device" guns. I do, but I have no expectation of selling them for the big buck. They fit my interest as an NSSA historian, but are of little interest to anyone else. Certain dealers ask the big buck for choke device Winchesters that are represented to be factory original, but serious collectors know that some of these guns were not, in fact, for real. Some dealers' reputations precedes them to the marketplace.