Cleaning choke tubes?

[tomba26]

Is it necessary to remove choke tubes on a shotgun and clean them internally each time the barrels are cleaned or is it a 3 or 4 times a year type job (shooting mostly once, occasionally twice a week)? Oh and do you remove the old grease and re-grease the threads each time?

Cheers.

[BlaserF3]

I always clean and re grease after every time I shoot and have never had one stick yet.

[reddan]

Is it necessary to remove choke tubes on a shotgun and clean them internally each time the barrels are cleaned or is it a 3 or 4 times a year type job (shooting mostly once, occasionally twice a week)? Oh and do you remove the old grease and re-grease the threads each time?

Cheers.

 

I take mine out each time I shoot and clean the threads after I had one get stuck and it was a gunsmith job to get it out again.

 

Dan

[samyw]

i always take mine out clean the tubes and threads with wd40 then sum gunoil on the threads and put back in do this everytime the guns been used and cleand that way none will jam in

[Scarpa]

Well... on the other hand... I use a decent gun grease and find that mine are ok with cleaning every 5 outings. No fouling whatsoever inside the threads although the grease can discolour due to the heat from a session on the clays. My first Beretta 303 semi many years ago hardly ever had it's tubes cleaned and they were still perfect when I sold it.

[steve_b_wales]

Get some Copper Grease from Halfords. Excellent for keeping threads lubed.

[FinFerNan]

I used to clean/lube mine from time to time, never a problem. Oh yes, and the same goes for the choke tubes