Polychoke and barrel length
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oneounceload
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You wont be gaining much by cutting the barrel shorter and taking a chance with a BATFE agent who's had a bad morning though
rcmodel
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Right!
Soft soldered on, and / or screwed on, or both, would not get-R-done in the eyes of the ATF.
If you can take it back off without resorting to an acetylene torch or hack-saw?
It doesn't count.
Blind pinning it, or hi-temp permanent welding would count.
rc
Soft soldered on, and / or screwed on, or both, would not get-R-done in the eyes of the ATF.
If you can take it back off without resorting to an acetylene torch or hack-saw?
It doesn't count.
Blind pinning it, or hi-temp permanent welding would count.
rc
It was just a conversation between some friends and I. I have a single shot 20 gauge I want to shorten the barrel to 20 inches and thread for tubes and one of them suggested the polychoke permanently affixed to it. His logic is that way I won't have to mess with choke tubes.
rcmodel
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So, how often do you plan to mess with choke tubes anyway?
I've hunted everything that walks or crawls in Kansas & Colorado for 50+ years with an IC or MOD Browning A5, or Skeet1 & Skeet2 Ithaca 20 double.
If you just have to have a Poly-Choke?
Have it threaded for tubes anyway.
And then buy a screw-in Poly-Choke II.
http://www.poly-choke.com/choke2.htm
Then, when you get tired of all your friends making fun of how it looks?
Screw it off and put the IC or Mod choke tube back in it, and Bee Happy they don't tease you anymore!
And kill more game then they ever thought about hitting.
rc
I've hunted everything that walks or crawls in Kansas & Colorado for 50+ years with an IC or MOD Browning A5, or Skeet1 & Skeet2 Ithaca 20 double.
If you just have to have a Poly-Choke?
Have it threaded for tubes anyway.
And then buy a screw-in Poly-Choke II.
http://www.poly-choke.com/choke2.htm
Then, when you get tired of all your friends making fun of how it looks?
Screw it off and put the IC or Mod choke tube back in it, and Bee Happy they don't tease you anymore!
And kill more game then they ever thought about hitting.
rc
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oneounceload
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You must have good dogs RC to use an IC in those two states. When I hunted chukar in northern NV, M&F was the order of the day!
I'm still debating what to do really. I like the simplicity of fixed choke barrels where I can swap to the one that's needed, on the other hand, tubes means less barrels cluttering my cabinet. I'll figure it out
the original poly-choke is not part of the barrel. i doubt it would count toward the legal length of the shotgun.
if you have it permanently affixed, it no longer will be able to choke the barrel. so, maybe you should get the tubes.
murf
if you have it permanently affixed, it no longer will be able to choke the barrel. so, maybe you should get the tubes.
murf
rcmodel
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Thats wrong.
A permanently affixed Poly-Choke would still be a hand adjustable choke you can set to any setting you want just by turning the end to the setting you want.
I still contend you will miss out on more game shots while fiddle-diddling with the settings while hunting then if you just start out with the right choke tube you need for the hunting conditions of the terrain, game, and weather conditions that day.
And then Fogadaboutit!
On the other hand, you can buy a plastic choke tube box for $1.98 that holds them all, drop it in your game vest, and Foogadaboutit too.
Unless you find out 5 miles from the truck you need a different choke tube then you thought 5 miles ago.
Then you have the tubes & wrench in your game vest.
rc
A permanently affixed Poly-Choke would still be a hand adjustable choke you can set to any setting you want just by turning the end to the setting you want.
I still contend you will miss out on more game shots while fiddle-diddling with the settings while hunting then if you just start out with the right choke tube you need for the hunting conditions of the terrain, game, and weather conditions that day.
And then Fogadaboutit!
On the other hand, you can buy a plastic choke tube box for $1.98 that holds them all, drop it in your game vest, and Foogadaboutit too.
Unless you find out 5 miles from the truck you need a different choke tube then you thought 5 miles ago.
Then you have the tubes & wrench in your game vest.
rc
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rcmodel
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Yes & No.
By Federal law:
If the flash hider, or other muzzle attachment is threaded on and easily detachable, it is measured from the muzzle face.
If the flash hider, or other muzzle attachment is permanently attached by a weld or blind pin, it is measured from the front of the flash hider.
Slots don't matter.
Only overall length.
rc
By Federal law:
If the flash hider, or other muzzle attachment is threaded on and easily detachable, it is measured from the muzzle face.
If the flash hider, or other muzzle attachment is permanently attached by a weld or blind pin, it is measured from the front of the flash hider.
Slots don't matter.
Only overall length.
rc
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Fred Fuller
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It would likely cost more to get a PolyChoke put on than the shotgun cost.
If choke is a concern and you want a compact 20 gauge single shot, why not settle for a NEF youth/compact version? See http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/default.aspx?item=sb1-250.
It's a 22" barrel, not a 20", but it has a factory MOD choke... and they turn up used from time to time. That's how I got mine...
If choke is a concern and you want a compact 20 gauge single shot, why not settle for a NEF youth/compact version? See http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/default.aspx?item=sb1-250.
It's a 22" barrel, not a 20", but it has a factory MOD choke... and they turn up used from time to time. That's how I got mine...
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Had a similar discussion not too long ago.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=751340
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=751340
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