Choke for PSG

[safetyfirst]

Hi all. Got myself a very cheap 870 the other week that I'm turning into a practical shotgun rig.

It's got a 28" barrel with removable choke.

Can someone tell me what choke is suitable for practical and if open is ok, if I can just cut it down to 24" unchoked?

Ovenpaa is taking out the mag crimp hopefully so could handle the barrel I'm sure!

[BamBam]

2 chokes for PSG, improved or modified cylinder for most stages, but a full choke for tight no-shoot stages.
I've seen a few guys who run cylinder choke Mossberg 500s with no5 loads, but they really know their pattern, so it is doable.

[safetyfirst]

Is cylinder "open choke"? I guess less balls means a tighter pattern. Hmm. So sounds like I could do with a bit of choke on there.

Is it fairly cheap to buy a replacement 24" multi choke barrel for an 870?

[BamBam]

Yes, open choke, no choke is cylinder.

I've not seen a threaded for chokes 24" 870 barrel for sale in the UK.

[saddler]

Is it fairly cheap to buy a replacement 24" multi choke barrel for an 870?

They don't exist.

The ONLY 24" barrel I know of for an 870 is made by Mossberg.
Next to zero chance of either UK importer bringing one in....neither even knew they existed & one quoted a price that was a couple of digits shy of what a complete Mossberg 500 would cost.

Realistic options?
Find a longer barrel. Chop it. Get it threaded for a Rem-choke.
Have a plain (non-ribbed) barrel that will be getting the above treatment soon.
Then the addition of rifle sights & a couple of coats of "Rem 870 Black" Duracoat

Been looking for other options for about 10 years.
None out there...coz nobody else has the UK 24" rule.
Next shortest 870 barrel is the 23" 20-ga, in 12-ga they're 20" or so....in some cases fully rifled. (...so UK Section 5)

[safetyfirst]

Well I've got a 28" barrel, suppose I'll stick with it until I can find someone who's happy to lop 4" off it and thread it for a price I can accept!

I think I'll shoot some comps with it first though, I'm going to sort the mag out, section one it, stock, pistol grip and magpul foreend, whole lot should come to less than the cost of a new 870 I'm hoping, original gun cost me a whopping £100! (The woodwork is shocking but gun runs great)

Thanks for all the advice, I'll get it down to the shooting shed for some attention shortly.

[safetyfirst]

http://www.brownells.co.uk/epages/UK.sf ... ctID=84654

Does "call to order" mean I can't even get it sent to an RFD?

[DL.]

I think "call to order" generally shows on an item where they want to verify your certificate.

It might say in stock, but that will be over in the US not in stock at the UK end of the operation!

[saddler]

http://www.brownells.co.uk/epages/UK.sf ... ctID=84654

Does "call to order" mean I can't even get it sent to an RFD?

£281 & delivery?
OUCH!!!

Chop the barrel yourself. Not rocket surgery....
Just be 110% accurate with the measuring!
(The old saying measure twice cut once applies)

When I do mine it'll be by cleaning rod inside the bore for barrel length.
THEN triple check the measurement & mark the exterior accordingly.
THEN cut to 24" (& a touch extra for "wiggle room")

The only real cost will be threading for choke tubes.

[Blackstuff]

With the advent of quad loading, being a lot faster than weak hand style loading, the current 'fashion' in the PSG world is to have a longer barrel and an equally long, or longer magazine. That way if there is time you can bang another 4 cartridges in on top of 9 already in the gun to give you Modified division magazine capacity but still be shooting in the Standard divisions.

If that's the gun you have, personally I'd save the money buying the barrel and wait to see if you can get someone to thread the barrel for chokes for a reasonable price and use your dosh for cartridges/practice in the mean time.

I would point out that unless you are, or are planning to be one of the top shooters, you could easily get away with just running a cylinder barrel for the vast majority of matches. Most Lvl 1 comps/or practice matches don't bother with No Shoot targets which is the main disadvantage of not being able to choke your barrel. If you regularly shoot at heavy plates, or at normal plates at a distance simply use larger shot cartridges.

I use a Cylinder choke (which is definitely a thing, otherwise Browning, Benelli and Barak have lied to me ) in my BR99 virtually exclusively. I think the last time I changed it was over a year ago for a Lvl3 comp with very tight no shoots and we were also shooting from a chair mounted to a board, propped up by 4 car suspension springs otherwise I wouldn't have bothered!