Shotgun chokes

[skeet]

Remembering back I have the recollection that Remington had a few bbls with non concentric screw chokes too. I even had a 11-87 that I whacked the choke off of and used for skeet shootin cause it didn't shoot where you were lookin with the chokes in it. I put a bit of choke back in it by honing the bbl out a bit so it was larger than bore size. Only about 3 thousandths. Ran more'n one hundred with it at skeet. I even drill ported it(woodpecker holes). Brownells makes a bore and choke hone. With a bit of care you can hone a choke out yourself. Many people don't know but when Remington started doing screw chokes..Briley did some of the work for them. I even have an old bbl for either an 1100 or 11-87 with Briley screw ins. Got that bbl right from Remington. They were an uncatalogued item and cheap at the time. No choke markings either.

[Mr. 16 gauge]

I have a couple of guns with screw in or adjustable (polychoke) chokes, and probably just as many with fixed. I have 3 barrels for my Remington 1100 (26" IC, 28" Mod, and a rifled slug barrel). I also have an Ithica M51 with two barrels (full & improved Cylinder).

However..........."choke" is a combination of many factors: bore constriction, for sure, but also velocity, shot size, shot hardness, payload, blah, blah, blah......why spend the money for an extra barrel when you can easily manipulate the ammunition (either via handloading or factory loads) and get similar results?
I can see the popularity of the screw in chokes....gives a hunter with less pocket money more options, and isn't "ugly" like a polychoke or cutts compensator (although I swear by my polychoke....I have one on two guns, and they have done alright by me!).