Hello to all, and best wishes for the New Year! This is my first posting here, so be gentle...
I've always been a big fan of the '37, and my home defense gun is a 20" M&P 5-shot with a plain parkerized receiver, non-checkered walnut stock, and plain bead sight. I understand they're pretty rare these days, but mine's staying just where it is!
Last summer, I found a minty '51 model 37 on a gun show table. It was, like so many of its brethren, a 32" full choke 12 ga. Due to the fact that the barrel had a noticeable bulge six inches or so behind the muzzle, I was able to pick it up for a pretty reasonable price...I think $160 was the price finally settled on.
After getting it home, I used a tubing cutter to trim the barrel down, then drilled and tapped for a plain bead sight. So, what I now have a shotgun with a 24" cylinder barrel, which makes for a delightful handling package.
The cylinder barrel, however, limits its usefulness just a bit. I see choked- and vent ribbed barrels on eBay, but since my s/n is in the 349,000's, FAR under the 855,000 cutoff for barrel interchangeability, that's not really an option. My question is this: Is there enough "meat" on the M37 barrel to install choke tubes? If so, can anybody recommend a person who would do this ?
Choke tubes on a '51 Model 37?
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yep
Mike Orlen 79 Salem Street Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 256-1630 fax (413) 253-5665 michael.orlen@verizon.net below are the measurements you would need to check to see if there is enough metal there SCREW IN CHOKE SPECS (Minimum O.D.) (Maximum Bore) 10 Ga • True Tube .900 .781 10 Ga • Thin Wall .880 .781 12 Ga • Rem/Inv .845 .736 12 Ga • True Tube .825 .736 12 Ga • Thin Wall .805 .730 12 Ga • Soldered Sleeve .820 .740 16 Ga • True Tube .750 .668 20 Ga • True Tube .700 .626 20 Ga • Invector/Winchoke .725 .626 28 Ga • True Tube .645 .560 410 Bore • True Tube .510 .416 |
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Avg. price for having that done ???
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Here is another link for Mike Orlen. http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtop ... 12&t=36237
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additionally Briley would provide tubes matched to the gun. a little over 200 for the work and 3 tubes
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I forgot to add,he offers a discount for SGW members.
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Welcome to the Ithaca Owners Forum jonnyo55!!
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