Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
John turned the battered piece of steel in his big hands. It once had been an expensive aftermarket choke tube in someone's shotgun. Now, it was junk, and also an object lesson.....
John works at PGC. He's also a former state trap champion and an experienced shotgunner.
He dug the tube out of the traphouse on Range 10 today. It was embedded in the rear wall facing the shooters.
It's not hard to figure out the backstory. The tube got loose and launched like a slug.
If a choke tube is loose enough for some gasses to get behind it and push the tube out, the tube is toast.
So is the barrel it came from. The unprotected and thin metal where the threading is cut will expand and thus no other tube will stay in.
That trap gun is now suitable for skeet only. At best.
Extended tubes can be tightened with fingers only in a twinkling.Flush tubes take a wrench or tool, but it takes not much longer. Please check your tubes frequently.
Your barrel and your friends will thank you for it.....
John works at PGC. He's also a former state trap champion and an experienced shotgunner.
He dug the tube out of the traphouse on Range 10 today. It was embedded in the rear wall facing the shooters.
It's not hard to figure out the backstory. The tube got loose and launched like a slug.
If a choke tube is loose enough for some gasses to get behind it and push the tube out, the tube is toast.
So is the barrel it came from. The unprotected and thin metal where the threading is cut will expand and thus no other tube will stay in.
That trap gun is now suitable for skeet only. At best.
Extended tubes can be tightened with fingers only in a twinkling.Flush tubes take a wrench or tool, but it takes not much longer. Please check your tubes frequently.
Your barrel and your friends will thank you for it.....