The gun was made in 1996 in New York.Not sure about the choke, there is not any writing on it.I paid 430 for it and it came with the bushnell sportsman red dot. I've always wanted one but could never find a used one at shows or local gun shops until today.I think I got a ok deal on it, the only one I found on gunbroker was also a late 90's model and it was going for 550.