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The average bore and choke dimensions (inches) were
| Gauge |
Bore |
Improved Cylinder |
Modified |
Full |
| 12 |
0.732 |
0.725 |
0.710 |
0.695 |
| 16 |
0.662 |
0.657 |
0.639 |
0.629 |
| 20 |
0.615 |
0.610 |
0.595 |
0.585 |
Starting in 1907, Hunter Arms catalogs included the following statement:
“All Smith Guns are bored full choke unless otherwise ordered. We bore all our guns according to our Multiplied Choke Bore System, which has made the Smith Gun famous the world over for long-distance, chose-shooting and hard-hitting qualities. We can bore a gun as follows using the twelve-gauge gun as a standard distance, forty yards; circle, thirty-inch; shot, Tatham’s chilled No. 7 1/2, one and one-quarter ounces; American Association Measure, 345 pellets to the ounce or 431 to the load.”
Full choke……………………..70 per cent or 301 for pattern.
One-half choke………………..60 per cent or 258 for pattern.
One-quarter choke…………….50 per cent or 215 for pattern.
Improved cylinder……………..45 per cent or 193 for pattern.
True cylinder…………………..35 per cent or 150 for pattern.
Please note the 16g bore was .650 into the early 1930s and pre-1913 16g chokes have been measured with constriction greater than .040" .
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