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I apologize for mentioning the pump.
But I can't find this information anywhere. What are the choke dimensions on the Winchester model 42?
Thanks very much. Pete
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My Model 42 has a pre-War 26-inch Skeet barrel with a bore of .407" and .006" choke; and a post-War 28" modified barrel with a bore of .410" and .009" choke.
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Dave, does that .009" choke really throw a modified pattern?
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Thanks Researcher, How does that modified choke work out for skeet?
Does anyone know what the full coke would be? Maybe .018 or .020?
I have a model 42 with a full choke barrel and my choke gauge won't even go into the barrel.
I shot a couple of rounds of skeet with it today and I shot terrible.
Thanks again Pete
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Stan, I've never patterned it. I can tell you I've shot skeet equally well (96) with either one of those barrels.
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Stan, I've never patterned it. I can tell you I've shot skeet equally well (96) with either one of those barrels. Even though both barrels are 3-inch chambered, I've probably not shot three boxes of 3-inch shells in the gun since I got it in 1970. I own five other .410-bore guns -- Crescent Fire Arms Co., New Empire, with .011" in both barrels; an NID Ithaca Field Grade marked 4 and 4 with .013" right and .024" left; a Winchester Model 23 Classic marked mod. and full with .012" in the right barrel and .028" in the left; a Browning Superposed New Model Skeet with .005" in the bottom barrel and .002" in the top barrel; and finally the Skeetmaster tubes in my Remington Model 3200, each with .004". I can tell you it is very hard for me to hit a skeet target with the Crescent or the Ithaca.
The Crescent is hard to shoot because of very heavy trigger pulls, and if I point the Ithaca just right it will ink blot both targets from station 4. I break skeet targets amazingly well with the Model 23, far better than I should with that much choke.
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I have a 42 marked FULL and it measures only .011" constriction. Appears to be unmolested, but who knows?
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.011 in a .410 should throw a pretty good full choke pattern. It may be the original choke in your gun.
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Thanks Replacement.
Do you think that .011 is the standard that Winchester used for full choke in the Model 42?
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I think we have to go out and measure the guns. Even Schwing doesn't mention choke constrictions. Apparently, there are no published specs for choke constrictions from Winchester. I think your .011 full choke is factory. In my experience, .011 is a lot of choke in a .410. In a Parker shotgun of 28 gauge, .020 was considered full. Winchester's factory chart says .020 is an acceptable full for 20 gauge. Winchester is not known for overchoking their barrels.
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