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16 ga choke question?? #101773 07/09/08 06:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Florida fishdock OP Sidelock
OP fishdock Sidelock Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Florida	Found a old 16 ga double I am thinking of buying. Under the barrels it's marked CHOKE 169 on both barrels. What does this mean?

Re: 16 ga choke question?? fishdock #101776 07/09/08 07:20 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,854 Likes: 118 Eastern Pa David Williamson Sidelock
David Williamson Sidelock Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,854 Likes: 118 Eastern Pa	Are you sure it is not 16.9. Spanish makers often mark the chokes this way. David

Re: 16 ga choke question?? David Williamson #101779 07/09/08 07:39 AM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 11,574 Likes: 167 Iowa L. Brown Sidelock
L. Brown Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 11,574 Likes: 167 Iowa	Bore diameter in millimeters.

Re: 16 ga choke question?? L. Brown #101783 07/09/08 08:20 AM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 12,743 Lynchburg TN 2-piper Sidelock
2-piper Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 12,743 Lynchburg TN	As Larry said. 16.9mm converts to .665". The word choke denotes that when built it had at least .008" (.2mm) of constriction, but exact amount not specified. Miller/TN I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra

Re: 16 ga choke question?? 2-piper #101853 07/09/08 04:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Florida fishdock OP Sidelock
OP fishdock Sidelock Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Florida	Help me again if you can. You are right both barrels are marked 169....... It's a Belgium gun. 16 ga.

Re: 16 ga choke question?? fishdock #101865 07/09/08 04:58 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,679 Likes: 24 Southwest gil russell Sidelock
gil russell Sidelock Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,679 Likes: 24 Southwest	Piper: You sometimes see the word "choke" on British guns as well. Is it used the same way--ie., barrels with a certain amount of constriction? Thanks! [IMG]

Re: 16 ga choke question?? gil russell #101866 07/09/08 05:08 PM
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OP fishdock Sidelock Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Florida	If it has .008 constriction that would be at minium a ICYL?

Re: 16 ga choke question?? fishdock #101948 07/10/08 12:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 12,743 Lynchburg TN 2-piper Sidelock
2-piper Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 12,743 Lynchburg TN	Actually I believe after 1887 the word choke was mandatory on any British gun having as much as .008" of choke. It was optional on lesser chokes. The word choke replaced the "Not for Ball" marking which had been previously used on choke bore guns. Miller/TN I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra

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