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For 30 bucks the rifled choke tubes are a real bargain. The extended Rem choke rifled tube that I tested with Fed Sabots gave 4 -4 1/2" groups at a 100 yds. They beat the smooth bore with sabots by a long way. I gave my daughter an 11-87 with 26" bbl and gave her a rifled choke tube to go with it. She does pretty well at deer hunting. Of course the rifled tubes don't shoot as well as fully rifled bbls but they surely don't cost what a barrel does either. Your friend got some really bad advice. Maybe the salesman wanted to sell him a fully rifled barrel. (when I was in business) I always tried to sell what the customer could afford. Best way to go... Have a couple of 870 Fully rifled bbls left now. Going on ebay this week.