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  • #16
    Thefeeder
    Calguns Addict
    • Jun 2007
    • 5006

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    Won't a tighter choke have the same result as all the smith work?

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    • #17
      lewdogg21
      Cattle Thieves Pro Staff
      • May 2009
      • 10369

      Originally posted by Thefeeder
      Won't a tighter choke have the same result as all the smith work?
      2x.
      Originally posted by jmonte35
      Disagree. Been trying to teach lewdogg21 how to hunt. It's like trying to teach Steve Wonder how to see. Not sure we're ever going to get there.
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      • #18
        deckhandmike
        Calguns Addict
        • Jan 2011
        • 8325

        Just change the choke for 20$. Waste of money unless your doing competition skeet/trap shooting and even there it's debated if it's even worth it.

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        • #19
          ysr_racer
          Banned
          • Mar 2006
          • 12014

          Who was it that said this again.

          Originally posted by ysr_racer
          Save your money, buy ammo and take a class.

          You'll get much more out of it.

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          • #20
            hermosabeach
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Feb 2009
            • 19320

            I removed / smoothed the forcing cone in my mossberg 500 around 10 years ago

            I did not notice any change in recoil

            With OO buck, it reduced the pattern by 2 1/2 inches at ten yards

            I never did a before and after compairason with bird shot

            I picked up a reamer from Brownells and went to work with a vice and a tapping handle
            The reamer was under $100

            For the 870, i would spend the $100 towards a barrel with removable chokes

            For non chrome lined barrels it is probably a 1 hour job from a gunsmith
            If they have the reamer, then it should be a $50-$100 job

            For the unknown on the final result, buy another 870 or a used barrel with removable chokes. You can then select the appropriate chooe for the job

            The pattern on 12 and 20 gauges is similar. It is pellet density that is impacted with heavier or lighter shot loads

            The 20 gauge is great for closer in upland birds

            With geese you tend to go to higher velocity and heavier loads to have a dense pattern at distance or for tough birds like turkeys
            Rule 1- ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED

            Rule 2 -NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO DESTROY (including your hands and legs)

            Rule 3 -KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET

            Rule 4 -BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT IS BEYOND IT
            (thanks to Jeff Cooper)

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            • #21
              1911man
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2006
              • 1575

              870

              From what I have been told and have read is that a short forcing cone and or a tight choke will retard the pellets. When exiting the barrel the pellets produce a inconstant pattern, that is why when you shoot a denser pattern shot will tend to float around the shot pattern. Either more pellet holes, when parenting a shotgun, will group to the right, left, up or down.

              The barrel that I might have worked on does have tubes.

              Why would the 12ga. In the show that I watched knocked down a popper at 15 yards and the 20ga. Could not. If what they said was true that the loads were the same?
              Last edited by 1911man; 09-05-2012, 7:28 PM. Reason: Edit

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              • #22
                kentactic
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2012
                • 1127

                Keep in mind guys a choke can have the opposite affect. Some times a bunch of pellets being jammed into a smaller area so quickly causes a rebound affect making the pellets spread out more then with no choke. Not to mention making them out of round like 1911 said.

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                • #23
                  1911man
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2006
                  • 1575

                  Shot

                  That is exactly what message I was trying to convey. Thanks.

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