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David;
I have no actual experience with this so can't really speak with authority, but without the edge protected I would personally be afraid of it. If it ever rolled up it could conceivably end in a split barrel muzzle, not just squirt out.
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The lead into a choke tube does need to be slightly larger than the parent bore.Otherwise the ejecta (shot, wads, propellant) can get behind the choke sleeve if there was a step, which in turn could cause catastrophic damage.Adhesive, solder, threaded or interference (sweated) fit will all be sufficient if the job is engineered correctly.But specific shell loads or jug choking (assuming sufficient material in the tube) may be a more cautious choice.
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Double Gun Classics did a two-part article on exactly how to do this. Written by gunsmith Steve Durren, 517-265-2545. Articles appeared in Sept-Oct 2005 and Nov-Dec 2005.
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 8:47 am Post subject: Barrel Service & Stockbending - Wholesale for SW Members
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Shotgun barrel services offered (screw in choke tube installation, choke adjusting, choke sleeving, chamber and forcing cone lengthening and polishing, jug choking, back boring, porting, rust blueing, stock bending, etc...) and wholesale pricing to Shotgunworld.com members! michael.orlen@verizon.net
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Brownells used to sell the inserts as a "choke sleeve system" for soldering in. They've been discreetly discontinued. They appear in the index, but not the catalog. Mike Orlen used to advertise that he installed them. I think I'd email Mike directly and ask what the scoop is.
Choke tubes will definitely peel out. I experieneced it when I bought a .745 bore Rem 870 trap gun with a regular (made for .730 bore)choke tube installed. At least when Beretta changed choke systems they made sure they weren't interchangeable.
As to buffering....as I recall it can elevate pressures. How much? Who knows? I know it's fashionable to shoot Damascus barreled guns these days, but buffered loads in an 1887 L.C. Smith? Some of you guys are really adventurous.
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I had Mike do exactly what your talking about. He used Red Loctite as it could be latter taken out with heat if you wanted. It was simply a choke tube fitted then machined even with the end of the barrel so it looked original. If you looked down the barrel you could see it just like a choke tubed gun but you had to have a light and it worked well.
Tim
Last edited by Tim Frazier; 01/11/09 05:28 PM.
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