I have a really old 30'' wingmaster with fixed-full choke. There's a skilled machine shop next to my house and the old man working there is very skilled at machining and familiar with firearms. I was wondering what sort of data do I need to give him to explain how to adapt my barrel to remchokes or a cheaper alternative, what can he do to adapt the barrel to firing steelshot?
installing rem-choke on old wingmaster
- Thread starter vpsalin
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I had one done many years ago, shortening a 32 inch full choke "goose" barrel to 26.5 inches. It was done at Guncraft in Calgary when it was on Edmonton Trail. Seems to me the metal on the barrel was quite thin and the gunsmith tapped it for very finely threaded chokes. Send a note to Guntech on this board. I'm not so sure that he didn't do the work. The chokes worked great and I found more afterwards at one of the gunshows but have no idea what brand they were.
The shotgun has now been passed on to one of my sons.
The shotgun has now been passed on to one of my sons.
nowarningshot
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I think if you looked around, it would not be hard to find a GUNSMITH to do this relatively cheap. Those old wingmaster barrels are going to be quality, and i agree several inches will have to go to get past the existing choke.
Would not even consider having a non gunsmith do it. Added benefit would be that you could have it threaded for a popular choke like the invector(win/Browning) or mobile(beretta/benelli) since they already have such a multitude of aftermarket chokes.
Would not even consider having a non gunsmith do it. Added benefit would be that you could have it threaded for a popular choke like the invector(win/Browning) or mobile(beretta/benelli) since they already have such a multitude of aftermarket chokes.
lejarretnoir
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Borrowed from Shotgun World
If you can measure the OUTSIDE of your barrel in the choke area,the following are the minimum requirements:
Remchoke .845
Truchoke .825
Truchoke thinwall .805
Usually a fixed choke Rem barrel requires the Truchoke solution
If you can measure the OUTSIDE of your barrel in the choke area,the following are the minimum requirements:
Remchoke .845
Truchoke .825
Truchoke thinwall .805
Usually a fixed choke Rem barrel requires the Truchoke solution
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It can not be threaded for any of the firearm manufactures chokes exsple /rem/ win/investor / you have to use after maker systems with the thin wall style if u look at manufactures chokes the muzzle is flared to accept there chokes .
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- Iroquois Falls ON
The specifications of the various chokes available can be found on the Brownell web page. Print that off and take him the printouts and the barrel. He will take the needed measurements and tell you if he wants to do the job or not. If he does he will probably ask you to get the choke tube first.
Way cheaper to pick up an express barrel or even a new wingmaster barrel that is factory fitted.
The old barrel as Struff55 says will need thin walls 99.9% of the time. I have about 5 done and they all have colonial thin walls in them and by the time I bought the tubes shippiing both ways etc it was well over 225 dollars but when I had them done new was out to lunch price wise which they are not today
Cheers
The old barrel as Struff55 says will need thin walls 99.9% of the time. I have about 5 done and they all have colonial thin walls in them and by the time I bought the tubes shippiing both ways etc it was well over 225 dollars but when I had them done new was out to lunch price wise which they are not today
Cheers
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No offense, but this sure seems like the blind leading the blind.
~ RemChoke is a specific dimension, and most older barrels cannot accept them, there's just not enough meat in the barrel.
~ Many of the older barrels, if the dimensions of ID and OD work, are not concentric and problems arise quickly.
I strongly recommend sending the barrel to someone familiar with and experienced with choke installation. If your machinist friend is very skilled and familiar with guns, then you should be able to hand him a choke tube and a barrel and he should be able to figure out how to mate the two with no other info.
I'll echo what has been said, get a GUNSMITH to do this job. I am a machinist, but a gunsmith I am not. I would not consider doing this work on someone else's shotgun... my own, maybe. But I'd want a reamer/pilot/tap set and a few extra inches of barrel to spare.
