Changing fixed chokes?

Major Sights

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Say I have a O/U (SKB Ithaca) that has fixed Modified and Improved Cylinder. Is there way that I could have them reamed out and adapted to accept say, Remington chokes?

Sorry for my ignorance, shotty noob at heart.
 
Take it to a reputable gunsmith and get him/her to examine the barrel wall thickness. Most likely it can be done. I recently had a modified choke barrel on a Winchester 1200 shortened a couple inches, reamed and tapped to accept choke tubes and a fibre op sight installed. $75 later I'm in business and happy with the result. Ya just can't beat an experienced gunsmith.
 
Major Sights said:
Say I have a O/U (SKB Ithaca) that has fixed Modified and Improved Cylinder. Is there way that I could have them reamed out and adapted to accept say, Remington chokes?

Sorry for my ignorance, shotty noob at heart.
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No one in canada can fit remchokes. Thin wall is the norm and to do a o/u I would be sending it to briley in the US
 
Could you tread a 8.5 barrel so i could use my Remmy 11-87 extended turkey and rifled choke, wall thickness is .091 of an inch... JP.
 
caramel said:
Could you tread a 8.5 barrel so i could use my Remmy 11-87 extended turkey and rifled choke, wall thickness is .091 of an inch... JP.
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No one in canada as of two years ago has the equipment to thread for rem chokes regardless how thick your barrel is . Only thin wall series like colonial, carsons etc.
 
Even if you get the chokes installed you still will not be able to shoot steel shot through it it will not last one box of shells buy a gun that is already factory fitted.
 
Major Sights said:
I don't shoot steel anyways. This would be for clays, spruced grouse, and for fun.
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I have had briley probally do 5 or 6 guns for me over the years mostly 870's etc. It is not cheap.
Their price now for a O/U for lead only
is 429 which includes 5 flush tubes or 269 for one of the barrels with three tubes. All in US dollars plus tax and shipping two ways.
 
Major Sights;

There are alot of us here on CGN that have been down the screw in choke trail more times than we care to admitt we spent money on.

I would strongly suggest you dertermine what your going use this gun for and how much your in love with it.

Separate your wants from your actual needs. You may want screw chokes in a shotgun but do you "really need" them. If your only going to use the gun for partridge and skeet and close in work you will never have the IC or skeet tubes out of it. The others will collect dust. Same situation if you just use it only for ducks, and or pheasants, you will have one set of tubes in there and the rest will sit in your bag.

How do I know all this because I own at least half dozen shotguns that are use specific, and I have little crown royal bags and plastic film containers full of screw in chokes that never see the light of day. But I have them just in case I need them, but in reality I never will.

If your a one shotgun man and going to use it for a bit of everything and your absolutely head over heeels in love with this OU and your getting it for a steal.
Then you might want to spend the big dollars and have good set of tubes installed by a good smith. The fellas posting previously have already stated good tubes installed by a good shop is not cheap, and they are correct.

Hopes this helps put things in perspective.
 
3macs1 said:
No one in canada as of two years ago has the equipment to thread for rem chokes regardless how thick your barrel is . Only thin wall series like colonial, carsons etc.
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you maybe meant to say that nobody, in Canada does rem chokes that you know of. I have rem choke reamers and have done lots of barrels with them, Don
 
gunsrocky said:
you maybe meant to say that nobody, in Canada does rem chokes that you know of. I have rem choke reamers and have done lots of barrels with them, Don
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What gauges are you doing.When did you start doing them?? I am quite interested since the largest choke installer in the US said it cannot be done properly with out modifications ( expanding) the end of the barrel to 0.850 min for 12ga rem choke and that no gunsmith will have the proper hydraulic equipment to do that. Older barrels are just too thin and if installed as is will eventually fail, plus most are out of round to further complicate the installation.
At the time I also called M. Orlen and he too suggested not to install rem chokes in older remington guns for basically the same reason and recommended true chokes.
I have had 5 or 6 barrels done state side so far with no issues but no one would install rem chokes for me
Just sharing what I have been told

MINIMUM BARREL OUTSIDE DIAMETERS CHART*

*These measurements can be taken with calipers or a micrometer

12ga. REM-Choke .850

12ga. Invector/Win-Choke .850
12ga. TC Std. .825

12ga TC Thin-Wall .805

16ga. TC .750
20ga. TC .705
20ga. Invector/Win-Choke .720
28ga. TC .645
.410 TC .505
 
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gunsrocky said:
you maybe meant to say that nobody, in Canada does rem chokes that you know of. I have rem choke reamers and have done lots of barrels with them, Don
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Are you installing Rem-chokes in older fixed choke remingtons or in other types of gun too?

Would Remchokes not be of a different interior dimensions to the bores of other guns thus leading to problems?

Purely hypothetical but I would love to hear what you have experienced.
 
Measure the outside diameter(s) of the barrels at the muzzle. They should be at least 0.815" for thin-wall tubes and also must be concentric with the bore. You definitely will not be able to have Rem-Chokes installed.
 
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