[mrcpu]

What does it do, what purpose does it serve? I see references in magazines
to "screw in", and all kinds of stuff. But it don't tell me what the stupid thing does. ANd I"M sure it's useful, and if I owned a shotgun, I'd want to know all about it... Hence my asking...

[esheato]

Google is your friend.

Link (http://www.fieldandclays.com/expert_chokes.htm)

Same with Wikipedia.

Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun)

And the one and only....Dave McCracken 101 series. I'm sure he'll be along in the flesh shortly. ;)

Link (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=22655&highlight=101)

Ed

[Dave McCracken]

Choke is a constriction of the barrel near the muzzle that regulates the spread of shot. One can use choke to obtain optimum spread at a given range with a given load.

Most modern,common shotguns use screw in devices with varying degrees of choke.

For more here, click Search, then Advanced Search. Type 101 in for subject and my name as it appears here for author. This will take you to a series of threads covering most things shotgun including choke.

HTH...

[mrcpu]

THanks. I was looking for some sticky/pinned articles, but nothing jumped out.