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I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has sent a gun to the UK to have Teague chokes installed. My guess is that it Is considerably (prohibitively?) more expensive than having Briley's do the work.

I am in the process of converting a 1950s vintage A&D boxlock waterfowler into a clays gun and am considering making the gun more versatile by adding screw-in chokes. That would of course take the gun out of proof unless Teague were to do it, but that may not matter that much - or at least may not matter enough to have Teague do the work instead of someone in the US.

Westley Richards apparently owns Teague now - but it looks like Teague still does all their work in the UK.

Thanks in advance, Doverham

I have had several perazzI guns with Teague
I like them much better than briley
But I did not send the bbl.back
Got the guns straight out of England

John Boyd

I have a Teague choked Miroku that I bought that came from England. Impeccable work. Chokes are the closest to the bore diameter that I have ever seen. The only choked gun I own. Love it!
Didn'the answer your question, but had to comment. Good luck with your choice.

SKB was a dealer for them. He should have some insight.

No longer associated with the Teague guys, sorry.
Steve

WR do now own the Teague marque but I understand from Simon Clode that Nigel Teague is staying on for the meantime to oversee all output.
I have had only one gun fitted with Teague chokes: a Henry Atkin Pigeon SLE which I had sleeved after some AH cut it down to 26". I thought the work was exemplary and the gun shot extremely well with the new chokes. It is now in regular use with a customer and he is delighted with its shooting and adaptability.
At present I am TIG sleeving a sidelever BA hammergun by Blanch 12g to 16g, more as a personal investment rather than a stock item for Heritage Guns and am having Teague chokes fitted during the sleeving process.
This will make the gun suitable for anything from early season driven partridge (open chokes) to January's sneaky cock pheasants (tight chokes).
I have seen one dodgy example of chokes done by AN Other business in the replacement choke business and it was appalling. (No names, no pack drill) There was a very visible gap between the bore and where the choke tube started. These were fixed chokes, not interchangeable.
I hope that this was an exception but it made me gasp!
Whether it is worth sending your gun all the way to Blighty to get the benefit of Nigel Teague's skills is a mute point.
Don't forget that you will need some kind of export licence to get it back out again if the gun is post-1896. I am sure that Nigel and his import/export contacts have got this covered but it may be quite expensive using a route that is set up to service the US market.
Best to ask up front.
The cost of the chokes may pale into insignificance when you factor in the shipping costs. Or maybe not...
Best of luck.

Thanks for the feedback. I have a call into Westley Richards MT office to see about how they handle shipping. I am concerned that it will be handled like an import/export transaction, which would make it totally cost prohibitive.

Wonder why Teague has not seen fit to open a US operation? There are a whole lot more screw-in chokes here than in the UK. Maybe their connection with Westley Richards will lead to that at some point.

Shipping costs were just one of the factors that made the lining process impractical. While I did not need to export/re-import them, I did need to use Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarding services which were bloodly costly, especially in the UK. Best of luck with it and do let us know how you make out.
Steve