eightbore, the problem is, a 20ga Sterlingworth ain't a duck gun. And a whole bunch of them came choked pretty darned tight, in part at least because the ammo back then didn't pattern as tight as do today's shells with plastic wads etc. And since they didn't mark chokes on Foxes, either under Ansley or under Savage, who's to know--unless you track down a factory letter--what the original chokes were?
A lot of people here buy guns to USE, "100% original condition" be hanged. If the stock's too short, put on a pad. Too low, get it bent. Chokes too tight, get them opened. I'd be one of those people. I have a pair of Brit 12's, Army & Navy, by Webley & Scott. Still in original proof, and that part's fine. But the #2 gun came with .040 choke in the L barrel. I don't mind it being a little tighter than the #1 gun, which is choked 005/015, but when I shoot a 35 yard pattern and get like 90% of the pellets in the 30" circle, I ask myself to what purpose I would put that much choke. So I had it opened to .025, which for me is plenty tight for late season pheasants, and since it ain't a turkey gun, that's great. And since the Brits didn't mark choke constriction either, who cares?
