Another thought- from a guy who loves the tighter choked guns- I like to see the birds dis-integrate, as I do a prairie dog blow up with a 50 grain Hornady moly-Coated rd. from a .220 Swift-as Nash B. once said- you'd about had all the thrills wingshooting offers a man when you see a high bird fold up in mid-air- What is your shooting style? Quail and woodcock over a tight holding Pointer- then open chokes perhaps- Flushing fezzant in a 40 MPH Montana wind in Nov/Dec from a half-frozen cattail marsh perhaps-Reaching for decoy and caller sky late season Canadas? How about your visual acuity and reaction time, and mounting style for your shotgun(s) of choice-My feeling is- those old gents knew what they were doing when they choked those old "Masterpieces- so leave the chokes alone-handload for the patterns you want perhaps-those fine guns will outlive us all, and if our heirs decide to sell them (hopefully to better their education and lives), they will gain more from unaltered shotguns, than rechoked, no matter which Maestro barrelsmiths do the work- RWTF!!
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 10/01/08 07:57 AM.
