Browning Shotgun Question
Following tonight's pre-season hunt club meeting and dues extraction session, there was a conversation going on regarding invector and invector plus tubes. I have a 12 ga BPS with invector tubes but that is the limit of my experience so I was reluctant to jump in too strong.
Essentially, the question is, given a Browning 12ga Invector+ choke tube, will it fit the pump gun and the Citori and the autoloader, etc. as long as those barrels are bored for Invector+? My first thought is yes, but one of the fellows sounded convinced that his Citori Invector tubes were different and not interchangable with the BPS Invector tubes.
Actually my modified tube in the BPS right now is really a Mossberg tube and it works fine, but I didn't want to get that discussion kicked off - I had to get home and pinch the grandbaby.
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Essentially, the question is, given a Browning 12ga Invector+ choke tube, will it fit the pump gun and the Citori and the autoloader, etc. as long as those barrels are bored for Invector+? My first thought is yes, but one of the fellows sounded convinced that his Citori Invector tubes were different and not interchangable with the BPS Invector tubes.
Actually my modified tube in the BPS right now is really a Mossberg tube and it works fine, but I didn't want to get that discussion kicked off - I had to get home and pinch the grandbaby.
"If the zoo is closed, drop by the Senate. You'll get the
same feeling and you won't have to pay." Bob Dole
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I see that Browning uses a *'s to mark the choke on thier shotguns. One * is for FULL, Two ** is modified, I think. Did Browning always use this system? Or did they ever mark the barrels "FULL", "Modified" and etc. 0 -
You are right... the invector + plus tubes are universal to fit any Browning model. However, the invector tubes will not work in the invector + and vice versa.
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unless you are in the marketing business you wont notice it, but it was a marketing strategy to make you buy a whole new product, forcing the old ones to be obsolete. there was nothing wrong with the old invectors. 0 -
Jason, Bob - Thanks. Then it is correct that Invector choke tubes fit any Invector barrels, regardless of configuration of the gun: auto, pump, double. And likewise with Invector Plus. I was pretty sure that was the case, but Browning can be tricky.
"If the zoo is closed, drop by the Senate. You'll get the
same feeling and you won't have to pay." Bob Dole0 -
Actually there is a major difference between invector and invector+.
The invector tubes fit a bore of .729, and the invector+ tubes fit a bore of .740. BUT there is no difference other than the diameter, and a BPS choke is exactly the same as a Citori or Gold choke.
tom0 -
Invector Plus is backbored, the Invector is not.
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THE TWO DO NOT INTERCHANGE . THE INVECTOR TUBES WILL INTERCHANGE WITH MOSSBERG ACCU-CHOKE [ NOT ACCU-MAG 3.5" ] . MOSS. ACCU-CHOKES ALSO INTERCHANGE WITH WIN. WINCHOKES AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
BROWNING HAS MADE SOME MODELS [CITORI] IN BOTH INV. AND INV. + DEPENDING ON THE AGE . INV. + TUBES WERE INTRODUCED WITH THE BACKBORED BARRELS WHICH BROWNING CLAIMS PRODUCE BETTER PATTERNS , LESS RECOIL , AND HIGHER VELOCITY .
CURIOUS ??
MOSS. AND BROWNING MAKE 2 DIFF. TUBES WITH THE INV./ACCU-CHOKES
INTERCHANGING . ANYONE KNOW IF THE ACCU-MAG INTERCHANGES WITH INV.+ , THEY ARE BOTH LONGER THAN THE STD. TUBES ?
THINMAN0 -
quote:Originally posted by THINMAN
MOSS. AND BROWNING MAKE 2 DIFF. TUBES WITH THE INV./ACCU-CHOKES
INTERCHANGING . ANYONE KNOW IF THE ACCU-MAG INTERCHANGES WITH INV.+ , THEY ARE BOTH LONGER THAN THE STD. TUBES ?
THINMAN
No,,,, The Accu-Mag is something like .770 (litteraly 10ga) in diameter instead of .740 like the Invector+
tom0
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