Don't buy a shotgun without checking the choke.
Many older fixed choke guns have had the choke "opened up" and that may or may not be a bad thing.
Older pre plastic shot chokes are quite "tight"
Typically a dime will not pass through the muzzle of an old full choke 12 ga. the dime is strictly a quick and dirty method of checking. A simple choke measuring tool will do the trick.
Can't put the metal back if Bubba removed too much. I once bought a very nice older Win 101 choked mod and full. The mod was fine, the full barrel not so much, it was more open than the modified.
Fortunately the seller was good about it. I bought the gun to shoot trap, so I had a double barrel SBT. He gave me full credit toward another gun.
Bummer that old Sporty retired. Store is gone now.
Many older fixed choke guns have had the choke "opened up" and that may or may not be a bad thing.
Older pre plastic shot chokes are quite "tight"
Typically a dime will not pass through the muzzle of an old full choke 12 ga. the dime is strictly a quick and dirty method of checking. A simple choke measuring tool will do the trick.
Can't put the metal back if Bubba removed too much. I once bought a very nice older Win 101 choked mod and full. The mod was fine, the full barrel not so much, it was more open than the modified.
Fortunately the seller was good about it. I bought the gun to shoot trap, so I had a double barrel SBT. He gave me full credit toward another gun.
Bummer that old Sporty retired. Store is gone now.