Forcing cone question

PEI ROB

PEI ROB

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Out of the shotgun loop for over 15 years now and have a newbie question. I'm wondering about the old style shotgun barrel with a rather short forcing cone, Winchester 120 ranger to be exact. I was thinking of picking up some chokes for it to shoot steel and Hevi-Shot, apparently the old WinChoke tubes are not steel compatable.

My question is, is there any concerns with the forcing cone using steel or hevi-shot ammo? Got the urge to go hunting again.

Cheers,
Rob
 
I was advised to have the forcing cone lengthen to shoot steel and told it would reduce recoil somewhat. Ended up doing it but can’t really say if it did reduce recoil. I wasn’t sure if it was necessary but ended up doing it at the same time as opening my full choke for shooting steel...
 
PEI ROB said:
Out of the shotgun loop for over 15 years now and have a newbie question. I'm wondering about the old style shotgun barrel with a rather short forcing cone, Winchester 120 ranger to be exact. I was thinking of picking up some chokes for it to shoot steel and Hevi-Shot, apparently the old WinChoke tubes are not steel compatable.

My question is, is there any concerns with the forcing cone using steel or hevi-shot ammo? Got the urge to go hunting again.

Cheers,
Rob
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Yours is an interesting question, Rob. IMHO anytime you're looking a one of these scenarios, you want to ask yourself this:

  • how much is my old gun worth?
  • how much will it cost to have the work done?
  • how much will the gun go up or down in value after doing it?
  • how much would it cost if I just bought another gun?

I say this because, in most cases, refinishing and modifications reduce the value of a gun, not increase it. If the gun is one that is nearly worthless and won't devalue because of modifications, it probably isn't worth sinking the money into.

I realise that a Winchester 120 isn't exactly in high demand with collectors, but it's worth $250 give or take depending on condition. If it's worth more than that to you for sentimental reasons, I could relate to that. But whether you keep it or not, if it's not the gun you want/need for the kind of shooting you want to do, it's usualy best to find the right one rather than try to turn it into the right one.

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