Western Field (Mossberg) choke system

Roamin_Wade · February 9, 2019, 02:27 PM

A friend of mine is buying a used Western Field (Mossberg) 20 Gauge Pump shotgun. It has a removable modified choke installed in it now. That choke tube isn’t an end-notched tube. The choke extends out past the muzzle about 1/2” and it’s knurled for grip and it has 3 holes spaced equidistant from each other at 120 degrees each. He asked me to find different chokes and the spanner wrench needed for it but all I can find is Mossberg end-notched choke wrenches. Does anyone know what kind of 20 ga choke system this shotgun has? Thanks...

kymasabe · February 9, 2019, 02:33 PM

Have you pulled the choke to see if there's a name on it ?? Might be an aftermarket choke. Many of the old Mossbergs and Westernfields came with C-Lect Chokes, I don't think I've ever seen one (from the factory) like you're describing.
Get the model number, and look here:
https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-man...guns-westfield

Rifletom · February 9, 2019, 03:50 PM

Carlson's choke tubes ought to work. I have them for my 500 20ga. They are notched.

Roamin_Wade · February 9, 2019, 07:16 PM

I tried to pull the choke but it was tight and a standard muzzle choke wrench doesn’t work on it. It requires a spanner wrench that hooks into one of the three holes on the outside diameter of the choke. I will take something to work to remove it tomorrow.

Isn’t a C-Lect choke a one piece modifiable choke system that you just turn to open or close?

Blindstitch · February 10, 2019, 09:41 AM

A picture would help. The select choke has 3 positions that you just turn.
Sounds like you just have an extended choke.

Might need a little heat on the choke and a light grip with some visegrips.

Blindstitch · February 10, 2019, 09:45 AM

Kind of sounds like this choke.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/WINCHOKE-1S...75.c1#viTabs_0

thallub · February 10, 2019, 11:48 AM

Those old Mossberg choke tubes screwed onto the threaded barrel:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?v...vt=0&eim=1,2,6

Roamin_Wade · February 10, 2019, 04:42 PM

That's it Blindstitch! I can screw the Winchester-Browning-Mossberg chokes into it. I yanked that one out with pliers and screwed in a new one. Fits fine but where can those old choke wrenches be found?

Roamin_Wade · February 10, 2019, 04:44 PM

Blindstitch, do you have the spanner wrench for that one? Also, did that come out of a Mossberg or a shotgun marked with the brannd name Western Field?

Rifletom · February 10, 2019, 05:18 PM

RW, check with Brownell's. They'll have something there that will work for you.

Blindstitch · February 10, 2019, 07:01 PM

Roamin Wade,
I searched ebay till I found what I thought you were talking about. There's a ported Mossberg 500 barrel that I have been watching on ebay that has the exact same choke.

I don't know of a wrench. The extended chokes I use get a bit of lub and screwed in by hand or with gloves on.

Blindstitch · February 10, 2019, 07:06 PM

Here's the tool on ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Winchester-...VvVO:rk:1:pf:0

February 9, 2019, 02:27 PM	#1
Roamin_Wade Junior member Join Date: July 11, 2018 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 220	Western Field (Mossberg) choke system A friend of mine is buying a used Western Field (Mossberg) 20 Gauge Pump shotgun. It has a removable modified choke installed in it now. That choke tube isn’t an end-notched tube. The choke extends out past the muzzle about 1/2” and it’s knurled for grip and it has 3 holes spaced equidistant from each other at 120 degrees each. He asked me to find different chokes and the spanner wrench needed for it but all I can find is Mossberg end-notched choke wrenches. Does anyone know what kind of 20 ga choke system this shotgun has? Thanks...

February 9, 2019, 02:33 PM	#2
kymasabe Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2005 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,747	Have you pulled the choke to see if there's a name on it ?? Might be an aftermarket choke. Many of the old Mossbergs and Westernfields came with C-Lect Chokes, I don't think I've ever seen one (from the factory) like you're describing. Get the model number, and look here: https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-man...guns-westfield __________________ God's creatures big and small, eat them one, eat them all.

February 10, 2019, 09:41 AM	#5
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	A picture would help. The select choke has 3 positions that you just turn. Sounds like you just have an extended choke. Might need a little heat on the choke and a light grip with some visegrips. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

February 10, 2019, 09:45 AM	#6
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	Kind of sounds like this choke. https://www.ebay.com/itm/WINCHOKE-1S...75.c1#viTabs_0 __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

February 10, 2019, 07:01 PM	#11
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	Roamin Wade, I searched ebay till I found what I thought you were talking about. There's a ported Mossberg 500 barrel that I have been watching on ebay that has the exact same choke. I don't know of a wrench. The extended chokes I use get a bit of lub and screwed in by hand or with gloves on. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

February 9, 2019, 03:50 PM	#3
Rifletom Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 789	Carlson's choke tubes ought to work. I have them for my 500 20ga. They are notched.

February 9, 2019, 07:16 PM	#4
Roamin_Wade Junior member Join Date: July 11, 2018 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 220	I tried to pull the choke but it was tight and a standard muzzle choke wrench doesn’t work on it. It requires a spanner wrench that hooks into one of the three holes on the outside diameter of the choke. I will take something to work to remove it tomorrow. Isn’t a C-Lect choke a one piece modifiable choke system that you just turn to open or close?

February 10, 2019, 11:48 AM	#7
thallub Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2007 Location: South Western OK Posts: 3,112	Those old Mossberg choke tubes screwed onto the threaded barrel: https://www.bing.com/images/search?v...vt=0&eim=1,2,6

February 10, 2019, 04:42 PM	#8
Roamin_Wade Junior member Join Date: July 11, 2018 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 220	That's it Blindstitch! I can screw the Winchester-Browning-Mossberg chokes into it. I yanked that one out with pliers and screwed in a new one. Fits fine but where can those old choke wrenches be found?

February 10, 2019, 04:44 PM	#9
Roamin_Wade Junior member Join Date: July 11, 2018 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 220	Blindstitch, do you have the spanner wrench for that one? Also, did that come out of a Mossberg or a shotgun marked with the brannd name Western Field?

February 10, 2019, 05:18 PM	#10
Rifletom Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 789	RW, check with Brownell's. They'll have something there that will work for you.

February 10, 2019, 07:06 PM	#12
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	Here's the tool on ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Winchester-...VvVO:rk:1:pf:0 __________________ NRA Lifetime Member