Gordon
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Better than a new Remington likely I too had a set of tubes fitted to the 24" 20 Magnum Belgian A5 from the 60s . You buy the premium certified for steel tubes which are actually choked for steel and can give true traditional pattern performance with steel shot. The better tube smiths actually can regulate your pattern to the sight as you would like it too , for a nominal extra fee. Worth it as I never have missed a wing shot with that gun for Doves and pigeons and close in ducks and great on bunnies too ! I have 2 hardened steel tubes: one in a true Improved cylinder with #4 steel shot and the same in an "improved modified " for #2 shot. Both 3" mag Fast Steel loads. I believe the steel stress is all in the choke area of the muzzle. These tubes fix that. I was told some browning older superposed and others are a bit thin all the way out so would need to be shortened some as was done on the 28" full choke rib 3" barrel on my A5 . I'm sold on the screw in chokes on old guns I like.i was offered a mint X frame(12ga size)20ga remington 1100 fixed imp cyl choke shotgun and i bought it, i looked around for a mod or full choked barrel and they were going for 175-225. i sent it to mike orlen for threaded choke tubes, the cost was 75.00 including return postage. it patterens as good as a new 870 rem in 20ga with factory choke tubes. eastbank.