VermontHunter Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 This is something I found to be interesting ,,, I had to read this twice to make sure I read what was written to actually be what I was seeing ... Let's see if you folks pick up on what I saw to be interesting ... Here we go .. " I've shot an HS Undertaker extended choke through my Remington 870 for the past twelve years. Three-inch Winchester Supreme number 5’s are the load of choice. One spring we did an experiment to see how my choke and ammo would perform out of a different gun. My friend brought over his Mossberg 535 and replaced his choke with mine. After shooting several times at various distances, we compared the two. The results were night and day. The Mossberg had roughly 20% less shot in the head and neck area of the target than the Remington. We switched the chokes back and both guns performed much better." Did anyone pick up on what I did ?? If so can this be true ?? Maybe I'm wrong and just learned something ... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Thats why you gotta experiment with shot & choke tubes.. I also shoot an Undertaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted February 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 I understand the experiment part of things ,,, but did you pick up on the oddity part of experiment ??? Re-read it again and think about it ... one thing should stand out as odd, or atleast I did ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I know they switched out choke tubes, sorry, but what am I not seeing? I'm not seeing anything "odd" other than the guns did better on the tubes they had been shooting originally...not sure what tube was on the Mossberg, but this is what the Remington had as far as I can tell http://www.basspro.com/Hunters-Specialties-H-S-Strut-UnderTaker-Turkey-Choke- Edited February 27, 2016 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted February 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 You hit on it Martin ,,, My dad has a Mossberg and I have a Remington ,,, we tried this way before I read this and guess what, from what I found out is that Remington and Mossberg thread types are different and the choke tubes couldn't be swapped from one manufacturer to the other .. atleast on ours they couldn't be. So is this true ,, that each manufacturer has their own thread type and swapping choke tubes from one to the other wouldn't work ?? or am I wrong on this ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I do not know Luke,I have owned Rem. but never had a mossberg. Cant imagine anyone would force them to crossthread? My Browning had interchangeable tubes that sat inside the muzzle and flush to end when in, it would not have worked with that gun for sure. My Franchi loves the UNDERTAKER.....so do I Edited February 27, 2016 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) The article just seemed odd, I called my nephew who has a Winchester and we tried to trade chokes between his Winchester and my Remington and once again the threading was way different and wouldn't thread right ( not fitting ) so I do call in question the trading of chokes from different manufactures. Unless someone here that knows more about this than me. Edited February 29, 2016 by VermontHunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 The choke tubes should not have been interchangeable. Sometimes even with the same manufacturer you can not use the same choke depending on the models. That should be apparent when purchasing, unless one strolls into Walmart and grabs one off the rack without reading the package and if it won't fit, get a bigger wrench. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 The choke tubes should not have been interchangeable. Sometimes even with the same manufacturer you can not use the same choke depending on the models. That should be apparent when purchasing' date=' unless one strolls into Walmart and grabs one off the rack without reading the package and if it won't fit, get a bigger wrench.[/quote'] This is what I always thought, that you couldn't swap chokes from one manufacture to the other but according to the article this is exactly what they did and it caught my attention so I figured I'd ask the question here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I think many manufacturers make choke tubes proprietary so you have to buy theirs. Wouldn't it be nice if everything was interchangeable? Pretty sure Browning, Benelli, Franchi and Beretta all use Invicta chokes. Mossberg and remmy use different types. They are competitors. I also shoot a Primos Undertaker out of my Mossberg 835. Love the groups it gives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Then how is it that this guy in the article ( supposedly a very accomplished hunter ) was able to swap choke tubes between a Remington and a Mossberg ?? And have an article printed and endorsed by Cabela's on TIPS on how to better your experience on picking choke tube and ammo combinations ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 No. RemChoke threads do not interchange with any Mossberg pattern. Not sure about the 535, but many Mossberg's will interchange with standard Winchoke. But if he took a tube out of a Remington and screwed it into a Mossberg he used a 30" pipe wrench to do it ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 No. RemChoke threads do not interchange with any Mossberg pattern. Not sure about the 535' date=' but many Mossberg's will interchange with standard Winchoke. But if he took a tube out of a Remington and screwed it into a Mossberg he used a 30" pipe wrench to do it ........[/quote'] This is my take on it also ,, but I wasn't 100% sure so I thought I would ask here from more experienced Turkey hunters. This article raised many questions in my mind ,,, especially on giving advice to inexperienced hunters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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