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Hi all, I have a nice SxS that is currently choked .000/.005 and I wanted to get some more choke out of her. Jug choking seemed to be the answer, but I was concerned about the wall thickness. It was suggested I give Heritage Gunsmiths a call. I did and they said that they could "sleeve" choke into the bbls. The cost is $250 per bbl.

Can anyone comment on this process as I've never heard of this before?

Thanks so much!!

Greg

the muzzle is bored to accept a short sleeve that is soldered in, then reamed to the choke you want.i don't know if thin wall choke tubes might be a better idea unless you don't like choke tubes.i think Brownells sells the sleeve so you could look them up to get an idea of what they are. mc

Mike Orlen does/did choke sleeving, and there was a how-to article a few years ago in one of the online magazines.

It is a perfectly good process, if done well. It is much like chamber sleeving, but on the other end of the barrel.

Thanks all, just added something new to the old noodle - learn something new everyday!

Thanks again!

Greg

so if I understand this correctly, choke sleeving is an alternative to jug choking if you are looking to increase constriction (Cyl to IC for instance) and don't want to install removable chokes. If that is the case, is there any reason to choose choke sleeving over jug choking (sounds like the latter might be easier and less expensive)?

Maybe you did so already but try different loads at the ranges you intend to kill at and see if you really need more choke. My experience suggests few need as much as they think and that missing down range has more to do with being off line than pattern failure.

Thanks Dig. That was more of a hypothetical question - I am just curious about what the options might be, as I wonder if some of the vintage guns with really open chokes suffer in the market because of the perception (valid or otherwise) that they are too open-choked to be useful. I assume jug-choking results in reduced BWT near the muzzle (in the section of the bore that is opened up ahead of the "jug", in which case BWT could become a concern in an older gun that already seen some polishing. I would think choke sleeving would be an alternative in that case.

gjw:
The article you refer to is in the Nov - Dec 2005 issue of Double Gun Classics, A copy is available from Cornell Publications.

And, Dig is right. I hit 99% of what I lead properly with Cyl or Full.

Best, Kensal

I had my M 21 choke sleeved in one barrel. It was cyl and i wanted about a .010. I had Briley do it and it has worked well.