tenbears10 Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Ok I'll try and make this quick. What is the easiest way to tell what chokes are on a fixed choke gun? Is it marked on the barrel? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bindi Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 a brass or steel choke guage, mnost gun shops have them for about £8. Most guns don't have them marked on the barrel as many folk get them gunsmithhed to different sizes. On o/u they are typically 1/4 and 1/2 or 1/4 qnd 3/4, but occasionally you get all sorts of combos including skeet/skeet, 1/4, 1/4 or 1/2 and full. Only real way to check is to use a choke guage or micrometer. any decent bloke in a gunshop will do this for you for free if you ask him nicely, bindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenbears10 Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Looks like a trip to the gun shop Thanks Bindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenlander Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Take it to a gun smith !is the quickest way to find out, them tapperd choke gauges you just put in the end of the barrel ,then read off the choke are a waste of time! All the best Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 micrometer? they are for mesuring external sizes. Youl need a Vernier gauge for that. Or a nice simple cheap choke gauge which fits into the muzzel, and depending on which depth it goes to, will tell you the gauge of the choke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenlander Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Internal diameter at the tip of a barrel is no indication of choke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 That would make choke gauges pretty much usless then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenlander Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 (edited) yep ! and if you want to prove it ,take say a Browning that you know is choked half and say a rizzini which is half,and drop a choke gauge down each of there barrels, you'll get a different reading! although both guns may shoot a pattern that is half choke. choke is about patterns and percentages of pellets at a given distance,NOT diameter at the end of the barrel. All the best Mick. Edited February 25, 2006 by Fenlander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertop Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 micrometer? they are for mesuring external sizes. Youl need a Vernier gauge for that.Or a nice simple cheap choke gauge which fits into the muzzel, and depending on which depth it goes to, will tell you the gauge of the choke. Hunter, External micrometers measure external sizes. Internal micrometers measure internal sizes. or at least they did last time I used one. Silvertop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 try taking odd the forend, and looking for choke indicators stamped on the barrel. it will have either: "1/4", "1/2" etc; or stars: *,**,***; or "cl". "IC" "M" etc. there is usually some kind of indication somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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