Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

DPT Terminator


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 15 of 15
Like Tree21Likes
  • 5 Post By sportco62
  • 1 Post By 00buck
  • 2 Post By csmiffy
  • 1 Post By 300CALMAN
  • 2 Post By gonetropo
  • 2 Post By sportco62
  • 5 Post By Marty Henry
  • 1 Post By blip
  • 1 Post By gsp follower
  • 1 Post By Rock river arms hunter

Thread: Got a Gun With Screw-in Chokes?

  1. #1
    Banned
    Join Date
    Sep 2023
    Location
    wanganui
    Posts
    359

    Got a Gun With Screw-in Chokes?

    This is the result of poor storage for a gun with screw-in chokes. This was a local authority Animal Control gun that was carried by someone who never cleaned it . The choke had never been removed , and was seized solid in there.

    Heat ,cold , freezing , prolonged soaking in penetrant ,brute force - none of these even got it to move .

    So - if you have a screw-in choke gun - remove the tubes and lube the threads. Dont screw the tube in super tight - leave it sitting proud of the muzzle in storage , and give the tube a wee twist and turn every now and then to ensure it still moves.

    Screw it in snug when you are going shooting , then back it out again.

    It was only a cheapy shotgun , but the same goes for any gun - look after the tubes and dont let them get like this .

    Name:  choke.jpg
Views: 396
Size:  101.3 KB

  2. #2
    Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    Wellsford
    Posts
    105
    Radical- but I have seen 1 removed when all else failed, by tig welding a piece of steel across the inside of the choke and making a fork ended T bar wrench. Soaked in kroil for a few days and wound right out. This looks like a flush rem choke type, difficulty is getting purchase on the little notches to apply any real force to the tube. Gave up too easy I think. Leaving chokes loose? not for me- to much chance of forgetering.

  3. #3
    Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2018
    Location
    kaiapoi
    Posts
    7,168
    I heard a couple of horror stories about chokes being rusted in
    On the mossberg I used some copper coat. Just sticky enough that it doesn't come out under its own steam.
    Never tighter than finger tight.
    Never rusty and doesn't come undone.
    Grease would probably work just as well.
    Never tried oil and probably never will now
    Micky Duck and Fssprecision like this.

  4. #4
    Member 300CALMAN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    NZISTAN
    Posts
    5,238
    nickel coat, just a smudge over the threads and it wont seize
    csmiffy likes this.
    ‘Facts don’t care about your feelings’


  5. #5
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2015
    Location
    christchurch
    Posts
    18,129
    if they are stuck a 50/50 mix of kero and atf is bloody awesome penetrating oil
    Micky Duck and A330driver like this.

  6. #6
    Banned
    Join Date
    Sep 2023
    Location
    wanganui
    Posts
    359
    This one had sat neglected for a good few years . The new owner had another barrel for it anyway so this one was going to be shortened. I just got the offcut to see why the tube was stuck so it was never going to get used anyways .

    I had another gun some time back with the same issue but soaking in a mix of diesel and brake fluid for a long time , then heat , freeze , heat , freeze , and a home-made extractor tool with big crescent spanner finally freed that off.

    I really dont care what you do with your gun - but please lube the tubes , and clean the threads well at the end of your shooting season. I use a nickel based lube on mine - because thats what is available to me .
    gsp follower and Micky Duck like this.

  7. #7
    Member Marty Henry's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Tararua
    Posts
    7,134
    Leaving them loose isn't the greatest idea, they unscrew slowly due to recoil. This one shot out of a perazzi? being used by someone used to extended chokes. Threads amazingly undamaged in the barrel. It was found in front of the trap house where the wads concentrate.
    Attached Images Attached Images  

  8. #8
    Member 300CALMAN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    NZISTAN
    Posts
    5,238
    OMG wounder if they still broke the clay?
    ‘Facts don’t care about your feelings’


  9. #9
    Banned
    Join Date
    Sep 2023
    Location
    wanganui
    Posts
    359
    OMG wounder if they still broke the clay?
    Not the way I shoot......

  10. #10
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2023
    Location
    waimakau
    Posts
    3,751
    Quote Originally Posted by gonetropo View Post
    if they are stuck a 50/50 mix of kero and atf is bloody awesome penetrating oil
    Or meths and atf is what I use

  11. #11
    Member Micky Duck's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    Geraldine
    Posts
    25,069
    girvani semis have choke looking like that...funny they will take berretta chokes and the std berretta ones stick out slightly as beretta threads are deeper down wall of chokes..they will fit the other way around I think but didnt keep doing it as choke is inside muzzle completely..only did it to triple check the girvarni one was indeed that...
    75/15/10 black powder matters

  12. #12
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2023
    Location
    waimakau
    Posts
    3,751
    If you were careful and could get in there you could probably run a bead of weld around the inside of the choke and it will loosen it.
    schwen likes this.

  13. #13
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    rakaia
    Posts
    3,154
    looked a little short for a rem choke but yes
    everytime i take the gun out i oil the choke with rem oil and remove the excess.
    on the pump arm or tube i leave them coated untill i use it again then remove the excess
    oil not not grease guncity you f..kin heathens.
    everybody should know the dif between tight and overtight
    dont leave it loose recipe for a murphy moment.
    if you have extra tubes change them once in a while just for the hell of it
    i only use a impcyl and a half/mod
    a choice of two so it aint no biggy.
    Micky Duck likes this.

  14. #14
    Member Rock river arms hunter's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Deep South
    Posts
    2,233
    When it comes to gun maintenance us kiwis are terrible at times for the lack of it.

    A bit of oil on a patch after every use, bore snake it when you get it out of the safe and a bit of wd40 on the exterior metal surfaces won't do ya wrong.

    For lubrication of the action( semis) slide glide is you're friend as it's a grease not a oil so wont evaporate as it heats up during use.

    For my chokes I just apply a dash of gunslick oil to the choke and screw it in and out a few times to make sure it's properly coated.
    Micky Duck likes this.

  15. #15
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2023
    Location
    waimakau
    Posts
    3,751
    I use dry glide on my semis. Its a spray on teflon
    may be sarcastic may be a bad joke

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. Chokes
    By Martyb249 in forum Shotgunning
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 08-10-2022, 05:40 PM
  2. Ported Chokes
    By Rock river arms hunter in forum Shotgunning
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 08-06-2022, 11:39 AM
  3. Fitting screw chokes to fixed choke shotgun
    By Spanners in forum Firearms, Optics and Accessories
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: 25-06-2013, 06:53 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!