What's a Polychoke? - 11/20/16
I got asked that today.
Shot a round of skeet today at the local gun club. As is my practice I was shooting one of my old pawnshop rescue guns; today it was a Remington Model 11 20 gauge that has a polychoke. Such shotguns are not a handicap for me as I'm going to shoot a 20-22 whether it's a $250 blue collar gun or a $2500 Italian over-under.
One of the younger (30-something) shooters on the squad was curious about my shotgun and asked me about it. I think all he had ever seen was current clay target guns.To him, my Remington Model 11 was ancient and I think he was surprised that such an antique would function and break targets just like his fancy Italian autoloader. And this guy wasn't a new clay target shooter either (he went 25 straight).
He became intrigued with the polychoke and asked me what it was. He sincerely didn't know what it was. I explained it was like the 1930's version of choke tubes. Demonstrated how it would go from cylinder to full with a simple twist. He thought that was a pretty good idea.
Yup, it worked 75 years ago, and still does even if not in vogue.
Shot a round of skeet today at the local gun club. As is my practice I was shooting one of my old pawnshop rescue guns; today it was a Remington Model 11 20 gauge that has a polychoke. Such shotguns are not a handicap for me as I'm going to shoot a 20-22 whether it's a $250 blue collar gun or a $2500 Italian over-under.
One of the younger (30-something) shooters on the squad was curious about my shotgun and asked me about it. I think all he had ever seen was current clay target guns.To him, my Remington Model 11 was ancient and I think he was surprised that such an antique would function and break targets just like his fancy Italian autoloader. And this guy wasn't a new clay target shooter either (he went 25 straight).
He became intrigued with the polychoke and asked me what it was. He sincerely didn't know what it was. I explained it was like the 1930's version of choke tubes. Demonstrated how it would go from cylinder to full with a simple twist. He thought that was a pretty good idea.
Yup, it worked 75 years ago, and still does even if not in vogue.