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That is a nice looking shotgun, congatulations. I would want to use it as often as I could and enjoy it. It is for that reason I would change the chokes to meet my shooting needs. If I were shooting everything from trap to grouse I would have Briley put thin wall tubes in it. If I was going to limit it to upland I prefer IC/IM most of the time for open field hunting. In the trees I prefer SK/LM. I wish you the best with your choice.
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If it were mine I would lean more towards having one or both barrels opened up vs. having screw chokes installed.
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Honestly assess the type of shooting you're going to be doing. If it doesn't call for extreme range shots then I wouldn't hesitate to have the choke opened. If well done it doesn't hurt the value or utility of the gun one bit. And it usually makes the gun a whole lot more useful. I can't understand the paranoia about altering chokes--my goodness, I think the makers intended them to be opened to the users preference. The only instance when I hesitate to open chokes is with true collector grade shotguns I'll not be shooting much. Personally, I'd open the choke first and try that before I'd install thin wall chokes. Something like .010 and .020/.025 will cover about every conceivable shot. Enjoy the gun!
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I would leave it alone....learn to shoot it.............
If you need something else, then buy something else..........
Good Luck...
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What is so sacrosanct about a few thousanths at the muzzle of a shotgun that overides all consideration of adjusting the gun to better serve its user? Does the same line of reasoning prohibit adjusting the stock dimensions to fit the user? What if the stock finish is too glossy--is the owner bound to leave it as is just for the sake of originality? How about smoothing the trigger pulls? My goodness, it is just a tool! I suspect the Brits are astounded at our obsession to do nothing to improve the shooting qualities of our guns.....
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I would open it up but I would not bother with screw chokes.
I just paid to have a K-80 bbl opened up so I would not worry about a hunting gun.
I have shot with Last Dollar once and hope to again. He is pretty good at the long shots but He should probably open his chokes up also!
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Leave it alone or sell it to someone who will appreciate it and respect its originality. Buy a gun choked like you'd like it to be, and the biggest farces ever slipped into the shotgun world are: screw in chokes, ventilated ribs, single triggers, backbored barrels, lengthened forcing cones, ported barrels and the Browning Cynergy monstrosity. Chopperlump
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Chopper - I am gonna steal that line from you - greatness !!!
Last edited by postoak; 01/10/09 10:49 AM.
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Ted and Joe, Good posts and excellent comments. Very well said. All of us have our differing values in the stewardship of these vintage guns. We're not the only generation that considers opening up these old guns. Just think how many of us have handled a would be gun prospect only to find the barrels cut or honed out. The generation before us took the hacksaw to thousands of these guns. We are lucky to have the ability to be descrete in our choke selections and have talents like Mike Orlen to provide us with the gun choke we desire. Generations after us will appreciate the SK 1 and LM in that ole Sterlingworth 30 incher.
If a dead mint high grade original SXS ever graced my closet, I probably would cosmoline the gun and wrap it in wax paper and stuff it in the deepest corner and forget about it. All other field grades I have go to the field rain or shine. JMO. Randy
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Just think of the thousands of rifles which were drilled on the receiver, just because "someone" needed that "new style" peep sight....ruined a lot of guns...now days with their extra holes, they are junk......and worth almost nothing...
Same with the hacksaw shotgun bunch.....it is understandable if you live in the outback somewhere....and the year is 1880....but now days....if you need something else, then buy something else....
Buy an 1100 or an 11-87 and cut, saw, drill and carve your artwork in the stock ............then show everyone how beautiful it is...
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