CHOKE STUCK

[GordonGekko]

Had this happen to my father in law 2 years ago. We took it to the gunsmith, and he said just muscling it out would mess up the the choke and possibly the barrel. Tried soaking in PB Blaster, and that didn't cut it.
Here's what finally worked: take the PB Blaster and put it in your freezer in an old coffee tin, fill it up a good ways, at least to cover the choke. Let it sit in the freezer a while 'till it gets good and cold. Several hours or more. Then boil a big pot of water, to a rolling boil. Take the barrel off of the gun, and stick it in the boiling water for a short amount of time (until the barrel gets good and hot). Then take it out and immediately dunk it in the PB Blaster, this causes a suction in the choke threads and will pull the PB Blaster into the threads. Then you should be able to get the choke out. As a result of this I always make sure I've got choke tube lube on all of my chokes when I put them in now.

Gordon

[Double R 2]

Bite the bullet...take it to a gunsmith. No use ruining a weapon by being cheap and stubborn. It is also way less frustrating! Bet he'll have it out in less than five minutes.

It's neither the gun nor the chokes. they make a tool with a bolt inside a big thick rubber tube that expands as the bolt is tightened. If your lucky, it'll come out without hurting your barrel or gun or both. Took mine to a gunsmith and he finally got em out only damaging teh chokes. It was at this time that I became keenly aware and now use unfailingly a product called "tube grease". No more problemos with stuck chokes.

[Kenney Houpt]

Everyone has they're own opinion about what the problem is and how to fix it, so here is mine.
When you shoot steel shot in a full choke, the steel shot doesn't have give to it like lead does, and the steel going through that tight of a choke that is that thin unlike a turkey choke causes the choke to expand inside the barrel. The pb blaster is awsome stuff but to ease the process without tearing up everything you got, you should apply a small amount of heat to the barrel. Sometimes it takes a little and sometimes it takes alot.
A peice of scrap leather works best in the vise, and helps keep it from slipping.You can put some vise grips on your choke tube wrench to help matters also(like burning your fingers).
If your still having trouble give me a call.


Kenney Houpt
@Richey's Gun Shop
662-489-0252
weekdays 8till6

[greenheadman1]

I've got a Browning GH and my choke got stuck earlier in the year and I just took a pair of vice grips to that choke wrench and about an hour later I got it out! I may have messed up my choke, maybe that's the reason I can't hit s#*t!!!

[judge jb]

put a quart of diesal fuel in a coffee can and stand your gun in a corner with the choke tubes submerged over nite.... if that fails to work, then repeat the process and take weapon and fire at least a dozen rounds rapidly and then try to remove.....

judge jb

[QUACKERS]

thanks for everyones response i got the choke out today after breaking two choke wrenches and using 1 bottle of break free i took it to someone and after 4.3 minutes he got it out!!!!! and YES i bought me some choke lube have even thought about taking my sight off and installing me a grease grommet!!! well again thanks to all....

[your-pal-al]

quackers...
there is a product called aerocroil. that may not be the exact spelling and it is very hard to find.it is used by the u.s. military. i have never found anything it would not penetrate.

al

[Strayshot]

Here is the info on Kroil/SiliKroil. Used it on jet aircraft for years. Still use it. Like it better than PB. You have to order it from the factory. (reason you've probably never seen or heard of it) Here is the URL.

http://www.kanolabs.com

It isn't the cheapest, but it sure is good.

[hbrown]

You jinxed me quackers!!! My choke got stuck yesterday.. I got it out with a little bit of elbow grease, but the bad thing is that my choke was broken all the way down one side. That Suck a fat one... Thanks again man!!!

[RedLeg84]

Shouldve been putting choke tube lube on it. That stuff is only a couple dollars and it will save you a few hundred in gunsmith bills. But it is too late now. Don't chance it. Take that to the Gunsmith.