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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ chokes |
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Tue May 24, 2022 3:03 pm
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Joined: 07 Nov 2019
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Location: Michigan
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Anyone have a source for choke tubes for a Iside ? |
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Wed May 25, 2022 3:57 am
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Joined: 21 Mar 2013
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Location: Northern New Jersey
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Carlson's Choke Tubes are on sale starting tomorrow. Google them and call for advice. |
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Wed May 25, 2022 4:07 am
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Joined: 10 Jan 2018
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Wed May 25, 2022 4:26 am
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Correct. I bought one from MWG and it does indeed fit. They are not polished and as nice as the 16 ga. FAIR Technichokes, but they work.
I also picked up a couple 28 gauge Technichokes from MWG and they are identical to the FAIR supplied chokes. |
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Wed May 25, 2022 5:17 am
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Joined: 09 Mar 2016
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Location: Mn.
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F.A.I.R. started out making chokes and threading barrels for other gun makers especially in the subgauge. The Franchi 16, 28 and 410 tubes are Technichoke made by F.A.I.R. the 12 and 20 Franchi are Beretta Mobil chokes I believe.
I've found it interesting that F.A.I.R. does not offer the Technichoke XP50 16 ga. tubes in SK or LM and neither does Trulock. Have a feeling George doesn't make the tubes but may get raw tubes from F.A.I.R. then stamps them, just a guess.
Briley of course will custom make you tubes but they are backed up 4 months right now and a bit spendy. I'm waiting on 22 custom bore matched tubes from them for various guns and it has been ~4 months now. None are for the F.A.I.R. 16 ga. Iside or NEA 500 between them and the various tubes I've picked up over the years I'm pretty set on F.A.I.R. chokes. Some of the factory Cyl ones measure .003-.004 which is perfect for SK in the 16 at least IMO. |
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Fri May 27, 2022 12:34 am
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
Posts: 2787
Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Gentlemen,
For many years we bird hunted with our double guns with M/F permanent chokes, no screw in chokes were available at that time. We altered our shotgun shell types to fit the bird hunting we were doing. For our 16 gauge & 20 gauge guns, we had to roll our own and trim shells to make everything work perfectly, in our Classic American & Best German guns. Things got even better when RST started providing the 2 1/2" shells our pre 13 guns required. Some of the men did order their Grouse guns with more open IC/M standard chokes, right from the factory. However what really made the difference for shooting different birds, was the shells. The screw in chokes are just a minor engineering factor when it comes to making repeat bird killing patterns. IMO screw in chokes are a bit over rated, the real advancement is actually the different shells like the RST & Polywad SpredR's that are now available for our guns. I have many pre 13 guns Choked M/F that get the job done while bird hunting, especially today with the fantastic RST & Polywad shells.
all the best,
Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man
Our old 1913 16 Gauge L.C. Smith Hammer Gun accounted for lots of Grouse, Woodcock and Pheasants with M/F Chokes, and the correct shells.
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