How were old poly-chokes installed?
How were the old poly-chokes installed? Were they silver soldered on?
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IIRC, end of barrel turned down, adapter silver soldered on, then poly-choke screwed on. 0 -
I bought a used one at a gunshow that was threaded, I had the barrel on a short single barrel shotgun threaded and screwed it on. 0 -
When I was a kid my dad took me to Lymans and I got to watch them install a Cutts Compensator on my old Win. 97.
As I recall (we're talking close to 50 years ago) after turning and cleaning the end of the barrel they slipped on the base unit and then brought it over to what looked like a solid 3 foot steel cube with a 3/8" (?) diameter loop that came out of the box, formed about a 1.5" loop and then went back into the box. Any steel positioned within the loop would turn red hot almost immediately but you could stick your thumb inside that same loop and feel nothing. Unless, as the gunsmith pointed out, you happened to have a steel sliver under the skin. After silver soldering the unit in place we went out to the "range. The target was a circular steel plate held in place with a single bolt in the center. They had a bucket of whitewash they'd paint the plate with, then smear the bolt head clean, which provided the aiming point. After Taking a shot at the plate (30 yards?) and observing the shot pattern they would, I kid you not, stick the barrel into knot hole in the shed wall and lean on the shotgun to bend the barrel in the desired direction. Must have been quite an art, because when he was though, it patterned perfectly. Maybe common knowledge and lore, but thought some might enjoy hearing about it.
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RCrosby: Neat story! Thanks. 0 -
Reminds me of "sighting in" old revolvers without adjustable sights. The men would take a wooden mallet and whack the front sight into the desired position! Ah, early 20th Century technology!
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