Chokes working loose

[Tim.243]

You really are of no help are you so you probably don't know yourself so silly comments like this no longer needed

I clean my chokes ON BOTH THE 325/425 with a soft brass brush and also the ID thread then use white gun grease and a use a choke key with good finger pressure..

As for silly comments
The chokes on my Browning works loose they are flush fitting ones
I'm thinking of using some PTFE tape on the threads any other ideas

I service all my own vehicles cam belts oil filters brakes clutches full repaints for the last 40 years
make my own N/V scope mounts for rifles...

Pull the stocks off my browning's to clean the dusty actions repair moderators so I might know that putting

PTFE on a choke thread is a silly idea...

 

[Benelli m2]

Already done the PTFE job works well try it

 

[quiteman]

Spot of weld its Christmas laugh

 

[Tim.243]

Already done the PTFE job works well try it

@quiteman

 

[Tazz]

The chokes on my Browning works loose they are flush fitting ones
I'm thinking of using some PTFE tape on the threads any other ideas
Thanks

Don’t put PTFE on the threads it will melt under high usage. Grease them and use the key to tighten them

 

[Utectok]

I find new guns do need the odd tweak to keep tight but soon the threads pick up some grime and hold better and you need to check they don’t seize… nowadays I mostly shoot fixed choke and or never change them so not a problem

 

[Eddie P]

FIxed choke 3/4 and full for everything, I do laugh at the choke twiddlers on the local clay shoot, Blaming the miss because they should have had 1/2 choke instead of Skeet  lead in the wrong place is most likely the cause. I do have a Gun with chokes but they are extended ones and are easy to check between stands. I prefer fixed though.

I change chokes based upon discipline, but don't get the whole change chokes depending on the target presented.
Skeet / skeet for skeet
1/4 and half for sporting
Half and 3/4 for game.

Does it make a difference? Possibly, but I ain't going to start worrying about trying to asses the targets and then choose chokes or even as some do and choose cartridges depending on the clay presentation too.

I also only use 2 cartridges, one for all clay disciplines and one for game.

It baffles me when people over complicate things for minimal / no gain. The flip side to that psychology is that if you think you may have the wrong chokes in, the negative feeling make far more performance damage than the wrong setup that you are worrying about.

 

[Tim.243]

I change chokes based upon discipline, but don't get the whole change chokes depending on the target presented.
Skeet / skeet for skeet
1/4 and half for sporting
Half and 3/4 for game.

Does it make a difference? Possibly, but I ain't going to start worrying about trying to asses the targets and then choose chokes or even as some do and choose cartridges depending on the clay presentation too.

I also only use 2 cartridges, one for all clay disciplines and one for game.

It baffles me when people over complicate things for minimal / no gain. The flip side to that psychology is that if you think you may have the wrong chokes in, the negative feeling make far more performance damage than the wrong setup that you are worrying about.

It makes a difference for shot size with steel but as you say the psychological side is where people can't deal with very well.
I have shot pigeons with a British skeet champion on and off for years, the difference is if I had stuff going on ( a bad night looking after my mum or dad ) both know gone then that would affect my day, with him and the top shots they zone in other wise they would not do so well.

On good day the clicker will be less than 5 apart some times level, toe to toe on ducks on the marsh.

But returning to the point of wrapping PTFE tape on a choke thread, I can say in owning Browning's for 30 plus years that is the worst question I have seen asked about shotguns.

 

[paultap]

I have a couple of Beretta silver pigeons, 12 and 20 bore, the standard flush fitting Beretta chokes never seem to come loose when tightened with the beretta choke key, I do take the chokes out after every firing for a clean and apply grease to them before I put them back in, I use Teague choke grease, which is dark blue in colour, it's actually Castro Sphererol grease from what I recall.

I also have a Beretta 391 semi auto. I bought an aftermarket Teague half choke for this, it extends from the barrel about an inch and is knurled so you can hand tighten it, I apply the choke grease to this also but this choke will usually loosen if only tightened by hand using the knurling. I had to buy Teague's specific tapered choke key to be able to nip this up enough to stop it loosening.

I always take the choke keys with me when using the shotguns just in case they happen to come loose though.

 

[Pedro]

So, is choke grease just another thing to buy that you really don't need? All I've ever done is take the chokes out, clean the thread on the chokes and in the barrels and smear a little gun oil on the threads before replacing them. Been shooting a good few years and not had a mishap. Only once on a gun did I have a choke come loose after firing and that was on a Beretta. But it's my go to gun usually and it's had a fair few thousand cartridges through it. So I'm inclined to put that one time down to operator error.

 

[gixer1]

Bisley gun grease…I only ever use my finger to tighten chokes up, just give them a tweak every now and then in between drives/stands.

 

[DaveW1]

I do wonder the thought process with ptfe tape, also with the number of chokes for sale from the OP.

Also despair at the lack of general knowledge (common sense) posted these days.

PTFE tape is designed to reduce the torque so it seems a really silly idea to me

 

[Stalker-of-the-deer]

Personally I use a good dose of grease tighten until they stop and then nip them up tight.

If I have a heavy session I just make sure they are tight with my fingers every so often.

 

[Tim.243]

PTFE tape is designed to reduce the torque so it seems a really silly idea to me

@Full choke

 

[sikadog]

I don't use the key to tighten mine, the shotgun I regularly use is 15 years old and the only tightening the chokes get is tightening with my finger. I do the same with the other multichokes I own, and the previous ones going back to the 1980's.

 

[gixer1]

PTFE tape is designed to reduce the torque so it seems a really silly idea to me

PTFE is designed to deform and seal a thread, not reduce torque.

 

[ChrisWorley]

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@quiteman

That is a good strong job,shouldn't bust that a in a hurry,what did did you use?.

 

[Tim.243]

That is a good strong job,shouldn't bust that a in a hurry,what did did you use?.

3.2 7018's

 

[DaveW1]

PTFE is designed to deform and seal a thread, not reduce torque.

No it really isn't, yours is a common mis-conception

 

[Lancaster]

I carry a 20p piece in my pocket when shooting, perfect size for tightening slotted 12 bore choke tubes if they loosen off a little.