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Griffon
PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 5:01 am  Reply with quote



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When people sell shotguns why are all the choke tubes always missing? Must be like that one lone sock in the dryer.

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Ray-citori
PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:05 am  Reply with quote



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My guess would be that they only use one or two (depending on the shotgun) and don't know where the others are. Of course if yours was a rhetorical question, forget I answered Razz
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tda003
PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:05 am  Reply with quote



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I wonder if the missing choke tubes are in that missing sock? (This is definitely a rhetorical question!)

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BarkeyVA
PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:35 am  Reply with quote
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Rhetorical question or not, it happens. I was looking at a used shotgun that should have had 5 choke tubes. It was part of an estate sale and the executor had no idea where they were or where to look for them.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:59 am  Reply with quote
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Good question--are they lost,given to a buddy or sold separate at a later date Rolling Eyes
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sneem
PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2017 6:27 pm  Reply with quote



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I was looking at a 28 gauge SXS on the floor rack at Cabela's and noted someone had removed both choke tubes. Sometimes they aren't missing just removed.

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tda003
PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2017 7:00 pm  Reply with quote



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That would be a very bold move on the part of a thief, taking them out in broad daylight on the show room floor. Possibly Cabela's removed them for safe keeping?

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AmericanMeet
PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2017 8:00 pm  Reply with quote



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tda003 wrote:
That would be a very bold move on the part of a thief, taking them out in broad daylight on the show room floor. Possibly Cabela's removed them for safe keeping?


That is my guess, when someone buys the gun, they get the tubes.
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gunsrus
PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2017 3:55 am  Reply with quote
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I used to take the tubes and put them all in a bag with same gauges . I had accumulated so many I decided to put them back in original boxes . If something had happened to me my wife probably would had thrown them out along with the original boxes .
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Pine Creek/Dave
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Griffon,
Most times the Screw in Chokes are not passed on at resale because the owner fails to properly identify them and store them with the individual gun they belong too.

Also when an owner passes away their better half most times has no idea about which guns they belong to, because they were never shown.

Lack of Discipline most times due to laziness.

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