Why variable choke systems are not longer available in new shotguns???

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Exactly. It obstructs your view.

AB, enlighten me. If I can't see the choke hanging out there on the end of my barrel, how can it obstruct my view? And yes I do use the bead as a sort of an out of focus point of reference when wingshooting. I've done it that way for 43 years (since I was 10) so if its wrong It's too late to change. And the five ducks (1 Pintail, 1 Widgeon, 1 Wood duck, and 2 Scaup) That I killed this morning with 9 shots of # 6 Hevi-Shot, with the old POS Lyman set on modified. Didn't know I was doing it all wrong either. :)
 
To add to loosecannon: Part of the issue, IMO, is that the effect of any choke is overrated.

I've accidentally shot 27 yard Trap with an IC in the gun. Worked fine; targets weren't dusted but they broke decisively when I hit them. I've hunted quail in the high desert (quick and close) with a fixed Modified 12 Gauge 1100. Worked fine, too.

I'd rather have two chokes in the same gun, for hunting. If I have only one barrel, the odds of the choke being perfectly matched to a flying target are slim to none anyway. Just consider what you are most likely to encounter, use that choke, and go hunting. (For targets, you know exactly what you will want, so screw-ins are fine). The more you dink with it, the more likely you are to have the "wrong" constriction anyway.

Hell a fixed LM would probably suit almost any field purpose, other than turkey or something, in which case you won't want a variable.
 
If I can't see the choke hanging out there on the end of my barrel, how can it obstruct my view?

How can you not see something that extends out from the barrel as far as the rib, all the way around it?

That I killed this morning with 9 shots of # 6 Hevi-Shot, with the old POS Lyman set on modified.

My point exactly. A fixed Modified barrel will do most anything in the field. A screw-in offers all the options most people really want. That's why the screw-in is popular and the variable isn't.

Didn't know I was doing it all wrong either.

Didn't know that this was about you.

The OP was asking why these chokes are no longer offered on new guns, and why they're not popular.

That's what I was addressing.

Why would I care what you shoot? Do you care what I shoot?
 
Didn't know that this was about you.

The OP was asking why these chokes are no longer offered on new guns, and why they're not popular.

That's what I was addressing.

Why would I care what you shoot? Do you care what I shoot?

NAH!!! could care less. I just thought we were yanking each others chain for fun. I like "Old Stuff." It's why I traded for the 300 and it works great. The same reason I hunt deer in a red plaid coat or Ducks in My oldest dark colored clothes instead of state of the art camo, which I do own and use. And really in my original post I was adressing a statement in "Your" reasons why they are no longer offered that I totaly disagree with, and still do.

they obstruct your view of the target

Because the one on my 300 doesn't:)
 
I hate to burst your bubble. Polychoke (or Brownells) has to cut off enough barrel to remove all the constriction and then go to the next rib support to make the cut. This 2-3" of barrel weighs as much as the Polychoke. The Polychoke can't be seen over the rib. Then the guns are test fired for POA on a test bed.

Poly IIs are just screw-ins that could make an ounce of difference of difference in balance. No more than the gun changes balance when firing a load out of the magazine. One less load changes the balance.

Methinks you are barking up the wrong tree here. Most people that try them, love them. It is the naysayers that never try them that compalin.

No gun goes into my safe unless it wears a Deluxe Polychoke. End of story.
 
They can sell you choke tubes for a lot of money if you don't have a polychoke.

Why did the last new gun I bought come with a bag full of choke tubes, then?
 
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