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Title: polishing a fixed choke barrel?
Post by: trackerbucky on March 10, 2012, 12:39:13 PM

I'm setting up to take the young son of a friend hunting this spring and all I have for a 20 gauge is a single shot Beretta companion. I've patterned it and it's good to about 25 yards. Has anyone here ever polished the barrel on a fixed choke 20 ga, and if so did it improve the pattern?

Thanks

Title: Re: polishing a fixed choke barrel?
Post by: joshb311 on March 10, 2012, 01:34:38 PM

I'm curious to know this as well. I have a 12Ga fixed that I have been considering polishing.

Title: Re: polishing a fixed choke barrel?
Post by: trackerbucky on March 11, 2012, 09:51:18 PM

I may try it but I'm worried I might open the choke up by polishing it making the pattern worse.

Title: Re: polishing a fixed choke barrel?
Post by: cannonball on March 11, 2012, 10:55:05 PM

I would deep clean it first and see how it looked and go shoot it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it...

Title: Re: polishing a fixed choke barrel?
Post by: trackerbucky on March 18, 2012, 06:25:21 PM

The bore looks nice and shiny. I'll try the deep cleaning and pattern it when I get a chance.

Title: Re: polishing a fixed choke barrel?
Post by: VAHUNTER on March 19, 2012, 06:06:04 AM

yes you can polish a fixed choke barrel with NO problems. polishing will not hurt any regular choke at all. it will dull wad catchers or ports designed to slow the wad. but it has 0 effect on the choke itself.
deep cleaning is just that, cleaning . it does not come close to comparing to polishing.
i have polished deep cleaned barrels and have proven my point.

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