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Posted By: PALUNC Choke measurement question - 10/12/23 10:18 AM
choke measuring 33th. would be? Improved Mod or Full?
Posted By: Stanton Hillis Re: Choke measurement question - 10/12/23 10:38 AM
In a 12 ga. .033" is considered full choke, Mike.
Posted By: Drew Hause Re: Choke measurement question - 10/12/23 04:09 PM
At least since 1883 - Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters by Alfred Marshall Mayer
https://books.google.com/books?id=IJcCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA781&vq
The choke-bore now almost universally adopted by gunmakers is as follows: Taking a twelve-gauge gun as an example, the construction of the bore from the front of the breech-chamber to within one and a half inch of the muzzle amounts to about 1/100 of an inch. At one and a half inch from the muzzle begins a sharp contraction which, in the length of one inch, equals 25/1000 of an inch. The last half inch of the bore is a true cylinder.
.010" + .025" = .035" constriction = "choke bore"

That would be the 'taper bore' which was not commonly used by U.S. makers, but often used in advertising

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In the 1907 edition of Greener's The Gun and Its Development .030" - .040” is Full or “Choke Bore”
https://books.google.com/books?id=3HMCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA251

With modern premium shells it is very likely to pattern the 'Full' standard of 70%
Posted By: Stanton Hillis Re: Choke measurement question - 10/12/23 07:29 PM
I have often referred to this chart, considering it to be one of the most comprehensive I've ever seen.

https://www.hallowellco.com/choke_chart.htm

It shows clearly how much less constriction is needed to acquire a choke percentage as the bore gets smaller.
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