Shotgun chokes

[skeet]

Man Gil..what a question.. I mostly use both. but prefer screw ins for the most part. I usually use Briley chokes if I can find a bbl with 'em in it. Probably the best chokes you can find for the most part. Not too keen on gunsmith modified bbls. And I have had a few..quite a few. Even did some of my own years ago. Really hard to keep everything concentric unless they use a lathe...one of the more active choke changers back east was terrible. Specially when he did woodpecker(porting) work at the same time. He was makin a lot of money doing bbl work. I also like Cutts Compensators. I have 7 or 8 bbls with 'em on 'em. Mostly Winchester M-12s with factory cutts'. Hard to beat for shootin skeet...Loud in a duck blind but so is porting. Have found that unless it is a gun you really want and very cheap..no matter whether you send it out for screw chokes or have the gunsmith do it altering a bbl in any way makes a good deal..only fair at the end. I just bought a Standard weight 20 ga 1100 at the Cabela's in Billings. It was in exc condition and a first year gun with the original steel O riing. Full choke vent rib of course but I have extra bbls including 3 inch for it so at 325 it was a good buy. a very good one in fact. I also bought an 11-87 bbl at the last gun show..Light Contour 3 inch and I put it on an ol 2 3/4 inch 1100 I have. Changed the Bolt buffer but it shoots pretty good at Sporting. Paid the grand sum of 65 bucks for it but only had 2 chokes.

I happen to have a gunsmith altered Krieghoff bbl here that he screwed up so bad that it is unusable. Looks like it was a snake that swallowed some eggs and it was a San Remo grade bbl.