What is a "choke" on a shotgun???

[-SD-]

Im trying to sell an old shotgun on the net and a guy emailed me asking what the choke was on the gun. someone tell me what that means so i can give him an answer.

 

[GodOfThunder]

The choke is what you put in the magazine to reduce the number of rounds the gun can hold. You have to have one for duck hunting.

 

[chewyxrage]

otherwise known as plug

 

[jackangel]

wonder if anyone ever named his shotgun "chicken"

 

[Spartacus]

in the paper today(alabama) the headline read something along the lines of choking on a shotgun
didn't read it(the paper)
I'm sure shotgun and choking were in the headline
something too about being impaled

 

[The Shadow]

well.....


A choke is also used to control the dispersal pattern

 

[manny78]

As The SHadow said, what he guy is reffering to is most likely the thing for dispersal pattern. I doubt he's refering to the mag/tube blcoking device.

 

[GEEK2FREAK]

well.....


A choke is also used to control the dispersal pattern

ding ding ding, has nothign to do with the magazine.

it is the screw in thing at the end of a barrel that controls the pattern at which ammunition is dispersed.


SHADOW IS A DAMN GENUS!

 

[HumorMe]

A choke is a piece that screws into the end of the barrell where the slugs exit.

There are several different chokes for a shotgun. The three most common chokes are:

Modified
Improved
Full

 

[HumorMe]

That info was for modern shotguns. Used to have to buy several barrells to get different shot patterns.