Shotgun barrel threading for a screw in choke

[JonD.]

Can anyone recommend a gunsmith who can do this? I have a Remington 1100 vent rib 12ga. fixed modified choke, the dimensions are .875" OD with a .087" wall thickness. I think I have enough material to install factory Remington chokes. I no longer have access to a lathe, otherwise I would just rent the reamer and tap, and do it myself. Anybody know a good smith around KY area? Thanks a lot!

[doetag]

 Might try Gander mt  they have an in store gunsmith.

[DonT]

Try:
http://www.choketube.com/

They have been doing it for years, have a good reputation for quick turn around and are reasonable.

DonT

[charles p]

I think you first need to cut the barrell back to eliminate all existing choke, otherwise you could never realize anything less than the existing modified choke.

[Keith L]

I think you first need to cut the barrell back to eliminate all existing choke, otherwise you could never realize anything less than the existing modified choke.

Since you will have to remove material from the inside of the barrel to get it to the proper size to fit the choke tube, I would guess the smith can open up the barrel without cutting any off. 

[JonD.]

I think you first need to cut the barrell back to eliminate all existing choke, otherwise you could never realize anything less than the existing modified choke.

I'm wanting this for a turkey set-up with an extended choke such as the Primos Jellyhead, and then I can just go back to the original modified choke, which suits all my other needs, with a factory screw in flush choke.

Since you will have to remove material from the inside of the barrel to get it to the proper size to fit the choke tube, I would guess the smith can open up the barrel without cutting any off. 

Yeah, all they do is take a reamer and open up the bore to the exact size and length, and then follow up with a tap to thread it, followed by polishing and smoothing up the transition from barrel to choke.(that is if your barrel has enough material at the muzzle-- some shotgun barrels cannot be threaded due to being too large at the muzzle.) The Rem-choke tooling has a diameter of .814", so with my barrel at .875" outside and .708" inside diameter it should be right in there to ream and tap.

Thanks to all for their help. I found someone who can do it, and my barrel is in his shop, as I write this. Thanks a lot.

[Keith L]

How expensive is this?  I have a shotgun that has a fixed choke and would like to be able to change them.  I had been told it was cheaper to buy a new barrel.

[JonD.]

How expensive is this?  I have a shotgun that has a fixed choke and would like to be able to change them.  I had been told it was cheaper to buy a new barrel.

The guy that I sent mine to charges $50 plus return shipping, no choke tubes included. I have seen others charge anywhere from $85 to $100 with one choke tube. Either way is still cheaper than me buying a new Remington 1100 barrel, which runs about $225.

http://www.guncustomizing.com/

http://www.americhoke.com/#screw

[skarke]

Frankly, I looked into this a while back, and found the cost prohibitive.  If a good gunsmith will do it for $50, that's a steal.  The best price I found from a competent gunsmith in the Houston area was $125, but VERY few gunsmiths do it anymore, because the cost of setting up their shop doesn't justify the ROI.

If you shop the Gun Auction sites, you might find what you are looking for in a new barrel.  I just purchased a brand new Browning BPS 26" gloss blued barrel with 3 chokes for $150 just after christmas.

There are a couple of 1187s I just saw NIB for $165, but they only had a modified choke.  I KNOW that I've seen them for a lot less than that recently.

The math for me added this way: A thread job and 3 new chokes at super best price I could hope to find for about $140, or a brand new barrel with 3 chokes for about $175.

Buy a new barrel and sell your old one.  FWIW.

[Judson]

   Try Michael Orlen in Mass.    Usually we get barrels back in a week or less and I am in Maine.   I think he charges around $65 and the barrel will come back with one choke tube.    I do not have his # here it is in my shop but he has  a web site.

[JonD.]

How expensive is this?  I have a shotgun that has a fixed choke and would like to be able to change them.  I had been told it was cheaper to buy a new barrel.

The guy that I sent mine to charges $50 plus return shipping, no choke tubes included. I have seen others charge anywhere from $85 to $100 with one choke tube. Either way is still cheaper than me buying a new Remington 1100 barrel, which runs about $225.

http://www.guncustomizing.com/

I want all to be aware, I sent my barrel to this guy along with payment for services and return shipping, and its been three weeks after he e-mailed me that he would turn it around in a few days. I put delivery confirmation on it and I know it was delivered to him. I have sent him several e-mails asking about it, and have not had not one reply back from him. I hope nothing serious has happened to him, but if he has taken my money and sold my barrel, I will publish his name as a crook far and wide.

[Rangr44]

Look around - I've seen Rem 1100 extra barrels, NIB, at gun shows and laying around for years on New England gunshop shelves for $75-$100, and a few were Rem-Choke barrels, too.

The sellers used to be proud of them - but that was before they stopped selling like hotcakes, after the 11-87 was introduced.

.

[JonD.]

How expensive is this?  I have a shotgun that has a fixed choke and would like to be able to change them.  I had been told it was cheaper to buy a new barrel.

The guy that I sent mine to charges $50 plus return shipping, no choke tubes included. I have seen others charge anywhere from $85 to $100 with one choke tube. Either way is still cheaper than me buying a new Remington 1100 barrel, which runs about $225.

http://www.guncustomizing.com/

I want all to be aware, I sent my barrel to this guy along with payment for services and return shipping, and its been three weeks after he e-mailed me that he would turn it around in a few days. I put delivery confirmation on it and I know it was delivered to him. I have sent him several e-mails asking about it, and have not had not one reply back from him. I hope nothing serious has happened to him, but if he has taken my money and sold my barrel, I will publish his name as a crook far and wide.

I gave the guy a call, he told me he would send it back to me either that day or the next, Tuesday will be 2 weeks- no barrel. In the original transaction he told me he would turn it around in 2 days, all together its been five weeks. I sent him another e-mail asking about it, no reply back. I would advise that no one send this guy anything. I'm going to send him another e-mail and tell him the next time he hears from me, it will be thru my lawyer, and the BBB, on the front door of his shop which is 4 hrs away, and I won't mind a bit to drive that far to take him to court. Then I'll name him as a thief on every outdoor website I can find.

[skarke]

JonD

Any word on your barrel?

[SHOOTALL]

I have a friend that does the work , he does it with a drill . he places a guide in the bbl and has a reamer and tap that has an extension that fits the hole in the guide . he miked the 4 sides of the points of the bbl for wall thickness and centers the tube . It takes all of 20 mins . He at one time got his tools and chokes from Briley but now makes his own tubes . For really thin bbls and double bbls he sends them to Briley . He was getting 125 with one choke set up for buck shot , this included test fireing with the buck shot to be used and he furnished the shells .

[JonD.]

JonD

Any word on your barrel?

No sir. I contacted the Better Business Bureau Monday, they have sent him a notification and he has til April 2 to respond. I guess I'll have to find a shotgun to borrow to go turkey hunting, as this is the only one I own, and that was the whole purpose of getting a choke installed. 

When I called him, he told me that he had gotten my e-mail but was just too busy to reply. You know, this just burns me up how dis-respectful people are. How long would it take him, at the very least, to just reply to an e-mail?

I'll see what happens with the BBB. Most likely nothing.

[skarke]

This thing is rough, but it'll get you through turkey season until you get your other barrel back.

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=124135356#PIC

[JonD.]

thanks.

[JonD.]

I got my(not mine but an identical one)barrel back today threaded for Rem-choke and ready to go. I guess contacting the BBB did have a little persuasion behind it.

[skarke]

JonD,

Glad to here it.  Any explanation accompanying the shipment?

[JonD.]

Nothing. No e-mail, no notes, nothing.