Originally Posted By: Model2128Ga
Originally Posted By: Clif W.

WS1, WS2 best M21 chokes ever. Go with the beavertail----only on a 21 though- you'll thank yourself later. 2 trigger or splinter 21's never sell well down the line. All guns get sold someday


I'll second this post. Always look at buying a gun from the stand point of selling it later. Very, very few guns are owned until "death do us part". Go with the WS-1 & WS-2 and the Beavertail on a 21. I am the first to scream when someone says that they just opened the chokes on "their" choke marked barrels, because most likely, it won't be theirs for more than a few short years, if that long.

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If I own it for a hunting gun I will do as I please with the chokes, collector value be damned. I would go for the splinter forearm as long as it fits you well. The main issue I see is most ruffed grouse hunters tend to have their guns choked at Cyl, IC or IC, LM. Most though I know like the Cyl, IC choking due to the close range of shooting. If you are buying the piece as a collector/hunter then I would shop around until I found one that was choked more appropriatly. For an all around gun they are choked well IMO, but if your quarry is primarily ruffed grouse I would say move on unless the guns are not of collector value already and are just hunting guns anyways. I have a couple guns that are collectors but most of what I have are just shooters. I like them that way because I use the heck out of them and I don't need to worry about value. Remember if you are going to use it for hunting it is going to get scratched and dinged, as that is inevitable in the field. Good luck on your purchase!