I would never guess that Jose's particular gun would have been a gun ordered by a gunshop to sit on the shelf waiting for a customer to purchase it. It's just too ornate and has the look of a custom order to me.
Therefore, my take, from my little knothole, is that the gun was ordered with those chokes by the purchaser. I believe Destry is correct, many people believe the "more is better" theory on choking, even today. Not everybody hunted only birds with a shotgun and tight chokes could be the owners preference to add versatility to hunt mammals as well.
Let's face it folks, Dave Weber's website wasn't around when that gun was made to share shotgun performance information, nor the plastic shot cup, and all the other things mentioned in this thread.
Even today, many many people buying their first shotgun will buy a full choked magnum pump-a-matic.
I wouldn't get too wrapped around the axle as to why this gun is f/f choked. It IS f/f and no amount of debating will yield an ironclad, absolutely irreproachable conclusion as to why.
Last edited by Chuck H; 01/28/11 01:19 AM.
