Really now, to open up the chokes is "butchering a gun" ? That may be someones opnion, but not mine. No one can see what was done , like cutting off a barrel for " cowboy shooting ". Is doing trigger work butchering a gun ? Putting on a recoil pad so it fits ? Redoing the checkering ? Tuneing the screws ? They're my guns, and if no one minds I'll make em fit and shoot the way I want. And in my opnion, it's NOT butchering. Paul