Those tight-as-a-frogs-a$$ chokes were designed for shells with cardboard wads that needed all the choke they could get to deliver a decent pattern at 40 yards. As far as I can see, Bob improved the chokes on his gun, at least for the upland hunting I like to do. To me overly tight chokes are a PITA, one more thing I have to spend money on to make the gun more suitable for my needs.
Good for you Bob!
Steve
totally agree
It's 2011, not 1932, shotgun ammo is mighty impressive today.
It's a MUCH more usable and sellable gun with it opened up to reasonable specs.
Guys that like vintage stuff go to great length not to alter chokes like spreader shot, cube shot, discus shot, soft shot with felt wad in paper case,.....It is 2011 yet double guns with 25" and 26" barrels sell like out of date bread. Why is that? Heck, they can't all be 6'5" and shooting black powder shells!
I give you another example. Few years ago I looked at early 50s model 70 with professionally installed claw mounts. The scope was railed x56 Kaps unit (VERY good optics). The mounts and optics were well above anything Winchester factory could ever hope to provide yet local folks treated it like it was coated with MERSA. I would have bought it if it was something other then .270 Winchester.
