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18.3 barrels which is .720 .670 muzzles #397769 03/16/15 03:27 PM
Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 8 CA shinranchgrouse OP Boxlock
OP shinranchgrouse Boxlock Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 8 CA	choke of .05? Full+? Thanks, Joe

Re: 18.3 barrels which is .720 .670 muzzles shinranchgrouse #397785 03/16/15 06:19 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 879 Au Sable River, MI tudurgs Sidelock
tudurgs Sidelock Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 879 Au Sable River, MI	Wow! And I thought my Sterlingworth at .044 was tight!

Re: 18.3 barrels which is .720 .670 muzzles shinranchgrouse #397786 03/16/15 06:25 PM
Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 8 CA shinranchgrouse OP Boxlock
OP shinranchgrouse Boxlock Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 8 CA	Yeah!, can blow pheasants to pcs! You would think the constriction would cause a rebound in the shot string. Thanks, Joe

Re: 18.3 barrels which is .720 .670 muzzles shinranchgrouse #397822 03/17/15 03:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 419 Australia smlekid Sidelock
smlekid Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 419 Australia	I have measured Suhl and Merkel with up around those Numbers

Re: 18.3 barrels which is .720 .670 muzzles shinranchgrouse #397826 03/17/15 06:54 AM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 931 Moscow, Russia Humpty Dumpty Sidelock
Humpty Dumpty Sidelock Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 931 Moscow, Russia	1.25 mm (~ .05") was pretty much the standard for the second barrel in Soviet/Russian Trap guns; I've read that Hungarian Trap O/Us had as much as 1.4 mm (~.055") in the upper barrel, but am not sure if that's actually so. Russian Hunting Shotguns

Re: 18.3 barrels which is .720 .670 muzzles shinranchgrouse #397837 03/17/15 09:25 AM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 7,893 Likes: 651 Red State KY Jon Sidelock
KY Jon Sidelock Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 7,893 Likes: 651 Red State	I have two Baker doubles, one made for Montgomery Wards, which have .050 and .055 choke in them. They will smoke trap targets at extreme ranges. I guess with no shot cup and felt wads extreme chokes were maybe like chokes .010 more open with modern ammo. With good ammo they are like lasers.

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