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

[AAP]

Most shotguns have a modified choke you can adjust.

 

[-SD-]

If you say its something at the end of the barrel where the pellets exit when you fire the gun, then I dont see anything besides a normal open barrel.

 

[AAP]

If you say its something at the end of the barrel where the pellets exit when you fire the gun, then I dont see anything besides a normal open barrel.

It looks like a washer sitting on the end. You can twist it left or right depending on the outcome (small, med, large) you want.

 

[GodOfThunder]

Hey man Shadow is so right... I am too high to be answering questions my bad orb

 

[AAP]

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[baron76]

It doesn't have to screw on, some barrels are made with a certain choke, basically restricting the last inch or so of the barrel, it should tell you on the barrel, most bird guns are full or modified, most 18" defense etc are no choke. Look at your barrel, its a fixed something.

 

[HumorMe]

If you say its something at the end of the barrel where the pellets exit when you fire the gun, then I dont see anything besides a normal open barrel.

Modern shotguns have barrells that are threaded on the inside of the end of the barrell where the shot exits.

Chokes are tubes that screw into those threads so that the tube is located inside of the end of the barrell. The tubes are usually about 2-3 inches in length. This gives the gun a multi-purpose gun for hunting different animals.

Old shotguns do not have these tubes. Hence, they would buy different barrells for hunting different animals.

Determining the choke of an old shotgun, you would have to look on the barrell and maybe even take the barrell off to locate the choke if it is listed at all which it should be. Somewhere on that barrell should be something stamped on it stating what the choke is.

If it is not stamped on there or engraved on there, I don't know of any other way to determine the choke of the barrell.

 

[Breeze]

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.

Wrong, the choke determines the dispersal of the shot. Full choke, tight pattern, modified choke, wider pattern. There is also "improved" which you don't see very often.

 

[dossey]

For an older gun look right in front of the reciever just where the barrel starts...it will say something like Full 2 3/4 or 3", or Mod 2 3/4 only ....Just look in the area where it will tell you what shells you can shoot in it. It will be written right by that or on the exact oppostite side of the barrel.

" A choke is the thing that limits the number of shells you can put in it."

Fucking idiot, don't know shit about guns...damn!!

 

[-SD-]

Looks like its 23/4 choke. Fuck I sent an email already to that guy saying there wasnt any choke LOL. oh well.