Poly choke
I saw a nice old Winchester Mod 50 today. Somewhat worn, but none the less still a gentleman who has been used but not abused. The single draw back is that the gun has a Poly Choke and I am embarrased to say that I have no idea if the choke is in working order. When The choke collar is turned to different settings but there is no stop to preven the collar from being completely turned off the muzzel fixture. Can anyone describe the correct functioning of a Poly Choke or point me to a site where I can read about it? Thanks.
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Is it cost effective to remove a polychoke from one shotgun barrel and install it on another?
Looks like a factory install. On a Remington 1148.0 -
I'd bet you can find used take off's in the scrap box at the gunsmith's. I put screw in chokes in my cut down 870 and H&R Topper. Two guns share 5 choke tubes, Skeet #2 is my favorite. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by A J Christ
Is it cost effective to remove a polychoke from one shotgun barrel and install it on another?
Looks like a factory install. On a Remington 1148.
I'm not sure if it would be cost effective, but it can be done. Polychoke actually makes an adjustable choke that threads into standard choke threads. I think Truglo makes one as well (Titan??). Personally, I like a polychoke better than several choke tubes. Much quicker and simpler to change patterns.
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Way WAY back in time, my college roommate had a pump 12 with a poly and loved it. While other guys were juggling choke inserts and dropping them or losing them at home, he could just give his poly a twist a couple clicks and be in business. [:D] 0 -
You can still get a new polychoke installed. I just recently had one put on a Model 12. Not a pretty thing in the eyes of many but one of the most useful additions you can put on a "field" shotgun.
I wish I could get back the hours of life wasted waiting for someone else on a sporting clays squad to screw out and screw in a choke tube. Geez, it takes me about two seconds to go from spreader to x-full. Plus, I can change my mind three times as I'm stepping into the stand.
Get a second polychoke for the second shotgun and then you'll have two useful guns. (No, I do not work for polychoke, but I do hunt, and I do shoot clays.)0 -
I believe most are just soldered on. The key is cutting the barrel correctly so the choke works. I have never done one myself, but I had a gunsmith remove one and put it on another gun, so it can be done. Not sure it's cost effective vs. buying a new one since they are not that expensive. Only reason I changed one to another gun was to bring the gun back to original and I couldn't find that exact choke except on a scrap barrel.
While I like the screw in chokes, there's still a lot of value to the Poly style.0
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