It appears that these BS Old Tales originated with....gun writers and Lefever smile

A 1909 Ad for "Lefever Taper Bore Barrels"
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1909/VOL_53_NO_07/SL5307021.pdf

And the "Shotgun Review" in the August 1912 Hunter-Trader-Trapper http://books.google.com/books?id=Uy7OAAA...gun&f=false
Scroll down to the page 75 and click for the article.

"They are claimed to have barrels of special bore with choke commencing at the breech and extending to the muzzle" with "five different styles of bore"

Ya' mean we can't believe everything we read...even before the internet?!? grin

Last edited by Drew Hause; 05/04/12 04:39 PM.