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#594840 04/01/21 03:12 PM
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I have been looking at a lot of pre 1960 pump guns. There seems to be an endless supply of guns with add on chokes and very little demand for them at any price. Cutts, Weaver, Poly choke to name a few. Some nice guns got cut down, to add these versatile choking devices. We complain about screw in tubes and take them for granted but many guns did not even have the option of adding a second barrel to change chokes. How things have changed.

Has anybody compiled a list of all the different add on choke devices that were made? I bet there were a dozen or more makers.

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The auction I attend always has some Winchester model 12's in it and if they are in well used condition can't get above the $200 mark. I haven't seen many come thru with after market chokes added though. They are good solid useable guns just lacking in finish. But get one of those guns and cut the barrel down and put a plastic stock on it and parkerize it and they will go nuts for it.

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Anyone who butchers a "Perfect Repeater with an add on choke device would probably drink a fine single Malt whisky mixed with Doctor Pepper--RWTF


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My Father's youngest brother came back from his time with General Patton's 3rd Army, and got wounded when the breech let go on an old Marlin hammer pump that was on the farm. Fortunately, that big Marlin hammer defected the bolt upwards enough that he just got a gash through his eyebrow. So, he bought a new Model 12, slapped a Poly-Choke on it and used it the rest of his 85 years. While he didn't drink much, he did enjoy a Grain Belt knocked down with tomato juice on a hot summer day. Must have been a Minnesota thing!!

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Pump guns were tools, not collectables to these men. Working class men bought pump guns and A5's if they could afford them. If a man needed to alter his tool, to make it more versatile, he would. One gun for everything from quail to geese and deer. People fawn over pump guns more than they should. They built tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and other than a few collectors, there is almost no market for them. So if you like them wait until a nice example comes your way because they just seem to have very little interest. Even the mighty Model 12 seems to be lacking interest these days and I guess that just shows that the buyers are younger with different interest. Back 20 years ago a Model 12 could generate a bidding war if brought to a gun club. I have my share of Model 12's but could always use a few more nice ones at the right price.

And if you want to ruin good whiskey, or even ruin bad whiskey, do as a friend of mine did years ago and mix it with Tab. That was one soft drink which should never be allowed on any bar top. His favorite was Southern Comfort and Tab.

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Yah, fer sure dere-- RWTF


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Here you go; Cutts Compensator, Herter's Vari-Choke, Jarvis Flex-Choke, Pachmayr Power-Pac, Emsco Choke, Weaver Choke, The Shooting Master (Master Chokes Inc.), The Dyna-Magic,Poly-Choke and Lyman Variable Choke

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The Sears and Pachmayr used the same name; POWer-PAC

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but had a different cage

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Shooting Master Champion 1957

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Weaver 1940

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Blame it all on Broyles wink

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Cutts' patent was 1930

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1930 ad and looking good on that Ithaca SBT!

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