An odd choke question.

[Cliffer]

I came by an old Savage Super choke, sort of a Cutts comp choke and poly choke combo type choke. It is on a piece of what looks like a 16 gauge barrel, smaller than a 12, bigger than a 20. What I am wondering is if it would be effective if it could be made to fit a 20 gauge?, or would it fail to work as it is larger than the 20's bore?

[pacrat]

I came by an old Savage Super choke, sort of a Cutts comp choke and poly choke combo type choke. It is on a piece of what looks like a 16 gauge barrel, smaller than a 12, bigger than a 20. What I am wondering is if it would be effective if it could be made to fit a 20 gauge?, or would it fail to work as it is larger than the 20's bore?

Sorry Cliffer, won't work.

First, to mount a 16 ga onto a 20 ga barrel would take a specially fabricated adapter. Then, once mounted, even at its tightest constriction setting. Would still be larger than the 20 ga bore. So the shot column would pass through it unaffected. Just as you suspected.

[Perry67]

Ixnay. Aside from the venturi effect a choke has on a shot column, it also, I believe, slows the wad column from blowing out through the shot column. On the other hand, if I had an el-cheapo 20 and a bunch of time to fritter away I might be tempted to try it for sh*ts-and-grins strictly as a matter of curiosity. If you do it, report back.

You'll probably have to sleeve it to even fit over the 20's muzzle