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Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 358 Location: Houston

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=65010584

Nice looking gun, except for the Polychoke, and that can be dealt with. Starting at $150. Doubt if it will get too many bids with that knob on the muzzle.

Thought one of you 37 fans might be interested.

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

At one time that was THE only way to go Wink

Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 41 Location: Gainesville,GA

Fellow 16G fans help me learn more- what's wrong with a polychoke? Appearance, funtionality or both?

Member Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 138 Location: Parma, OH

Some people get hung up on the appearance. They can be installed incorrectly on occasion moving the point of impact. Other than that, when properly installed, they work like a champ....

Mike Doerner

Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 358 Location: Houston

I agree with Mike, many get hung up on aesthetics. But I've got a Rem 31 with a Polychoke and compensator that shoots like a champ, and it's really cool to open up the choke with a twist of the wrist!

I have an 870 16 with a polly choke. It patterned out well.

Member Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 781

They work.

They are ugly.

They add a chunk of weight right at the end of the barrel.

Oh, and they work.

Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 358 Location: Houston

Seems like I've seen a few posts here way back when about removing them. Depends on length of barrel, wall thickness, etc. but you'd either have a gun with very open choke, or one in which you could install screw-in chokes. (?)

[This is realy a question, in case you couldn't tell]

Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 40 Location: Memphis, TN

They're not attractive, but they work and are awfully handy - you just twist to select your choke. They do add weight to the end of the gun, but I had one on my old 16ga Model 37 Featherlight, and it had great balance and swung very well.

This quip is not meant at a shot at polychokes. I've never had anything against them. In fact, the only way I can shoot a non-ribbed gun is if its wearing one. However I just crack up whenever I here them refered to as a "Dial-a-duck". Laughing

That one will sell in the 240 range; if less, somebody gets a bargain.

Polychokes work great. I've never seen one with a bad point of impact though I'm sure it can happen. I grew up with them and don't mind them a bit. My poly'ed 37 16 ga. is the most versatile upland gun I can imagine. When I'm in a thick tangle, I dial it down to IC, and when the cover opens up, I move it to Mod. After a lifetime of shooting pumps I don't even realize I'm working the action for the 2nd or 3rd shots. I'm sure I'm a tad slower with a pump than with an auto but not enough to matter.

By the way, Polychoke is alive and well up Michigan, I believe, and their product makes as much sense today as it did 50 years ago.

Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 26 Location: McFarland, WI

Recently purchased from an elderly gentleman, a 16 gauge Model 31 with a Poly-choke on it. He loved , I like it, and he informed me the gun came with the Poly-choke factory installed. This 31 was made in March, 1949 and he bought it new that same year. Gives it kind of a classic look.

Member Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 358 Location: Houston

jmeili,

Does your 31 still have a choke marking on the left side of the barrel, near the receiver?

I was wondering if they would have still marked the barrel if they were planning to install the Polychoke.

Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 26 Location: McFarland, WI

662, yes, it is marked "full". I questioned that after this gentleman told me it came that way and he said "the marking had always been there". They must have just used the barrels that had been installed and cut them back to accomodate the length of the Poly-choke. When I stand it next to my 12 gauge 31 they are exactly the same length. Or maybe the retailer ordered 31's from the factory with this option. When I see him again I will ask him the exact retailer he bought the gun at. He did tell me he bought it because he had used one alot when training to be a bomber gunner during WWII and thought they were the smoothest of the pump shotguns they had used.