threading for interchangable chokes

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I was wondering how taking guns with fixed chokes, reaming and threading them to accept interchangable chokes would affect the value?? I was thinkig of using the truchoke style over individual threading of winchester or remington style chokes. Just as an fyi, I don't think this would count as bubbaing the gun, as my dad is a machinist, and I learned a lot from him, and can get his help as I need it...
 
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Unless the gun is a collectible, you won't hurt value by adding tubes. You probably won't be increasing the value of the gun much either.
 
Lodi said:
Unless the gun is a collectible, you won't hurt value by adding tubes. You probably won't be increasing the value of the gun much either.
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Line one I agree with , line two I don't. No problem adding 100 to 150 for a choked tube gun with three tubes
Vintage wingmasters are a good examples if you coimpare value after tubes since all of a sudden steel shot is cool which opens the door to a lot more buyers.
 
It would only make sense if it improves the usage of the gun. I recently bought a Rem Sportsman with a 30 in fixed full. Although a real nice barrel, it did not fit my needs. So off to the Smith it went, to get cut and tapped with Rem chokes. I went with Rem choke for the simple reason as I have a bunch of them already and did not want to add another style of thread pattern to the mix.

So the short answer is if it increase the use of the gun to give it more time in woods, go for it.
 
ianthomson said:
It would only make sense if it improves the usage of the gun. I recently bought a Rem Sportsman with a 30 in fixed full. Although a real nice barrel, it did not fit my needs. So off to the Smith it went, to get cut and tapped with Rem chokes. I went with Rem choke for the simple reason as I have a bunch of them already and did not want to add another style of thread pattern to the mix.

So the short answer is if it increase the use of the gun to give it more time in woods, go for it.
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How long was the barrel and how much did you cut?? It's a great idea...
 
I prefer interchangeable chokes for a bunch or reasons. Firstly, I find that if your get you gun to fit well, POI, cheek weld, LOP etc, it is nice to adapt the choke to the specific game being chased. As well I have been a bit of a choke junkie the last few years, and have been playing with handloads. You would be amazed at the pattern differance by dropping or increasing one shot size, or a choke tube up or down.

Secondly, if for any reason you damage the barrel by doing something dumb, the choke takes the abuse, vice the barrel. This is more true for extended chokes.
 
"...affect the value..." Depends on the shotgun, as mentioned.
Epp's smithy wants $100 plus the cost of the tubes, so it does add much to the value. It can make an odd shotgun more saleable though.
"...bubbaing the gun..." Really only applies to collectables and milsurps.
 
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