Teling size of choke

SpeedySB · February 9, 2007, 09:15 PM

What is the device called that you use to measure the size of your shotgun's choke.
No, not a dime. lol :-)

Thanks,
SB

robc · February 9, 2007, 10:00 PM

I've been shooting shotguns forever, and I had no idea there was a special tool for the job. Most tubes and barrels say what the choke is somewhere on the surface. Be aware, however, as many as half of the chokes I have actually checked by patterning did not provide the indicated result. IOW, I've seen mod. chokes put less than half the pellets into the 30 in. circle at 40 yds. I've also seen imp. chokes put more than 60 % of the pellets in the circle. There's only one way to find out what a choke TRULY is with a given load... Throw some lead.

SpeedySB · February 9, 2007, 11:22 PM

Yeah I agree about testing a particular choke's shot pattern, but there is a thing shaped something like a long arrowhead that tells what the choke size is by how far it goes down the muzzle. I've seen them and even seen them for sale (not often, pretty rare). I was going to try finding and buying one but can't think of what their called or where I saw them for sale.

Thanks for the help !!
SB

skeeter1 · February 9, 2007, 11:57 PM

Virtually any set of calipers are are capable of measuring the inside diameter of your choke. The nominal diameter of a 12-gauge barrel is .729", and this page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun#Pattern_and_choke

might help in establishing what you have.

Alerion · February 10, 2007, 07:32 PM

Actually the device is called a choke gauge.

Here's one for $20 at Brownell's. http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/sto...NG+CHOKE+GAUGE

Tom

SpeedySB · February 10, 2007, 09:09 PM

That's it man !!!!!!!!!! Great!!!!!
Thanks for the help and the link !!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Thank you" to ALL who replied to this thread !!!!!

Sincerely,
SB

February 9, 2007, 09:15 PM	#1
SpeedySB Junior Member Join Date: March 13, 2006 Posts: 7	Teling size of choke What is the device called that you use to measure the size of your shotgun's choke. No, not a dime. lol :-) Thanks, SB

February 9, 2007, 10:00 PM	#2
robc Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 422	I've been shooting shotguns forever, and I had no idea there was a special tool for the job. Most tubes and barrels say what the choke is somewhere on the surface. Be aware, however, as many as half of the chokes I have actually checked by patterning did not provide the indicated result. IOW, I've seen mod. chokes put less than half the pellets into the 30 in. circle at 40 yds. I've also seen imp. chokes put more than 60 % of the pellets in the circle. There's only one way to find out what a choke TRULY is with a given load... Throw some lead. __________________ "If it bleeds, we can kill it."

February 10, 2007, 07:32 PM	#5
Alerion Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 287	Actually the device is called a choke gauge. Here's one for $20 at Brownell's. http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/sto...NG+CHOKE+GAUGE Tom __________________ Well, sometimes we’d travel right down the green river To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie hill. Where the air smelled like snakes and we’d shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. -John Prine, Paradise

February 10, 2007, 09:09 PM	#6
SpeedySB Junior Member Join Date: March 13, 2006 Posts: 7	That's it man !!!!!!!!!! Great!!!!! Thanks for the help and the link !!!!!!!!!!!!! "Thank you" to ALL who replied to this thread !!!!! Sincerely, SB Last edited by SpeedySB; February 12, 2007 at 06:01 AM.

February 9, 2007, 11:22 PM	#3
SpeedySB Junior Member Join Date: March 13, 2006 Posts: 7	Yeah I agree about testing a particular choke's shot pattern, but there is a thing shaped something like a long arrowhead that tells what the choke size is by how far it goes down the muzzle. I've seen them and even seen them for sale (not often, pretty rare). I was going to try finding and buying one but can't think of what their called or where I saw them for sale. Thanks for the help !! SB

February 9, 2007, 11:57 PM	#4
skeeter1 Senior Member Join Date: April 11, 2006 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 3,403	Virtually any set of calipers are are capable of measuring the inside diameter of your choke. The nominal diameter of a 12-gauge barrel is .729", and this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun#Pattern_and_choke might help in establishing what you have.