Choke tube wrench?

Poodleshooter · November 15, 2000, 12:31 PM

Am I the only person who uses their finger to remove and install choke tubes??? I get weird looks whenever I do this! I've shot 2 rounds of trap and 1 round of 5 stand in the past week and the Mod. tube is still tight. I've never used the wrench as it is inconvenient in the field. I've also never had a tube work loose.

Dave McC · November 16, 2000, 06:44 AM

PS, first time I've heard of it. If it works for you, fine.

One 870 here is fitted for the Colonial tubes, which use a quarter piece as a wrench.

K80Geoff · November 17, 2000, 08:03 PM

Well I guess if the tube stays in than it is OK. I have seen some Sporting Clays Shooters use their fingers and never have a problem.

I don't know how often you change chokes but when I was shooting Sporting Clays a lot I changed chokes all the time, sometimes six times during a round or more.
I like the fishing reel wrench sold by Briley for their tubes, it is verry fast and easy to use.

I notice many Gas Gun shooters always tightening the extended chokes on their Beretta 390's. Usually they do this after they enter the stand but before loading. Wonder if there is a problem with beretta chokes?

Having once damaged a choke tube in my K80 when it wasn't all the way in I am paranoid and always tighten with a wrench. But then I am way too protetive of my guns anyway. I blow out the barrels after every shot and check the tubes, (Nothing like being obsessive!)

Geoff Ross

PJR · November 21, 2000, 07:46 PM

Sorry, double tap.

PJR · November 21, 2000, 07:48 PM

Geoff:

Beretta chokes or more correctly their barrel threads can be a pain. I have a 682 with Briley chokes that fit correctly but are forever loosening in my 390. Yet, on a recent round of sporting another shooter with a 687 had only brought modified and full chokes with him and I offered to lend him my skeet tubes. We couldn't fit them in the gun because the threading was too tight. Go figure.

On the original topic I always use a wrench to put the tubes in.

Poodleshooter · November 21, 2000, 11:53 PM

Guess I'm just lucky to have crooked fingers that fit well inside a 12ga bore

November 17, 2000, 08:03 PM	#3
K80Geoff Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 1998 Location: NE Pennsylvania Posts: 3,639	choke tube wrench Well I guess if the tube stays in than it is OK. I have seen some Sporting Clays Shooters use their fingers and never have a problem. I don't know how often you change chokes but when I was shooting Sporting Clays a lot I changed chokes all the time, sometimes six times during a round or more. I like the fishing reel wrench sold by Briley for their tubes, it is verry fast and easy to use. I notice many Gas Gun shooters always tightening the extended chokes on their Beretta 390's. Usually they do this after they enter the stand but before loading. Wonder if there is a problem with beretta chokes? Having once damaged a choke tube in my K80 when it wasn't all the way in I am paranoid and always tighten with a wrench. But then I am way too protetive of my guns anyway. I blow out the barrels after every shot and check the tubes, (Nothing like being obsessive!) Geoff Ross __________________ I am no longer a member of this forum. Bye!

November 15, 2000, 12:31 PM	#1
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 7, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,599	Am I the only person who uses their finger to remove and install choke tubes??? I get weird looks whenever I do this! I've shot 2 rounds of trap and 1 round of 5 stand in the past week and the Mod. tube is still tight. I've never used the wrench as it is inconvenient in the field. I've also never had a tube work loose.

November 16, 2000, 06:44 AM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	PS, first time I've heard of it. If it works for you, fine. One 870 here is fitted for the Colonial tubes, which use a quarter piece as a wrench.

November 21, 2000, 07:46 PM	#4
PJR Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2000 Posts: 1,127	Sorry, double tap.

November 21, 2000, 07:48 PM	#5
PJR Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2000 Posts: 1,127	Geoff: Beretta chokes or more correctly their barrel threads can be a pain. I have a 682 with Briley chokes that fit correctly but are forever loosening in my 390. Yet, on a recent round of sporting another shooter with a 687 had only brought modified and full chokes with him and I offered to lend him my skeet tubes. We couldn't fit them in the gun because the threading was too tight. Go figure. On the original topic I always use a wrench to put the tubes in.

November 21, 2000, 11:53 PM	#6
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 7, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,599	Guess I'm just lucky to have crooked fingers that fit well inside a 12ga bore