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Posted: 8/9/2004 11:37:37 PM EDT
| I just bought a mag extension off of eBay and it ended up being a Choate. Seller said they didn't know what it was but there it said "Choate" right on the end of it. You guys have any experience with them? Good, bad, or ugly? |
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I rate the Choate, Remington factory, and Wilson/Scattergun tied for first place quality. The Choate comes as a kit, complete with the extension, longer spring, heavy duty magazine follower, sling swivel, and the all-important barrel clamp. If you didn't get the clamp, BUY ONE, and use it. It protects the extension from being bent or knocked off if the extension gets a bump. If you do bump a non-clamped extension, the gun's magazine tube is the part that usually gets damaged. This means a trip back to the factory to have a new tube brazed into the receiver. |
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Last fall I was at a police combat training shotgun shoot. One stage was a car top-to barricade event. In this one, the shooter kneels behind a table that simulates a car hood. After a couple of shots, he stands up and moves to the side against a barricade and fires a few shots, simulating shooting from beside a building. One Deputy Sheriff had a 18" Remington 870 Police gun with a Wilson/Scattergun 2 shot extension without a clamp. Since Wilson doesn't fit clamps even on the guns they build, he figured he didn't need one. As he stood up and stepped to the side he bumped the extension on the barricade. I was watching and this wasn't all that hard a bump. The extension was knocked off the gun. The extension and spring sailed WAAAAYYYY down range, and shotgun shells were sprayed all over the place. He asked me to check out his gun. The extension was OK. His Remington's magazine threads were damaged, and he had to send it back to Remington for a replacement. This also involved a new re-parkerizing job since the tube is brazed in place. In order to change it they have to heat the gun up to break the braze, re-braze a new tube in, and refinish the receiver. Since he didn't have a $3.00 clamp, he spend a considerable amount of money repairing the damage. This is NOT the first time I've seen this on non-clamp equipped guns. A couple of years ago a customer brought in his house gun with the extension bent off to one side. He'd bumped it on a closet door. The end of the gun's magazine tube was distorted, and again, the threads were damaged. Play it safe, there's really no reason NOT to use a clamp, and very good reason TO use one. A new clamp is cheap if you have to buy one. |
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