I have read hundreds of old gun manufacturers catalogs and advertisements that are full of claims about their guns' features and shooting qualities. I have not seen one catalog or ad that touted having guns with chokes that could be reamed out at home.
Old ads from L. C. Smith, Parker, Lefever. Ithaca, etc brag about how their guns shooter harder, reach out further, take game at longer ranges, etc., but I have yet to see one that says, "Our new guns have extra tight choke boring so you can now spend more money to open it up to suit your needs"
Could some of you who keep perpetrating this myth that barrels were meant by the manufacturer to be reamed or honed please show us some proof?
