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Post by lowman on Oct 16, 2021 18:35:24 GMT -5
I come into a nice little camper series N with the metal trigger guard, tang break, and hammer selector. Case hardening is bright and the wood is in good condition. It is a fixed cylinder bore choke as they all were. I’m having thoughts of sending to carlsons to have it screw in chokes installed, but then again it’s going to be the side by side farm gun and I also think a cylinder bore will dispatch about anything that it needs to within 30 or so yards. Just going back n forth on this and I thought I’d ask you all who have more experience than I on this.
Thanks in advance.
Lowman
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Post by woodsbum on Oct 17, 2021 10:01:22 GMT -5
Hate to see you permanently modify a 24 that's in such good condition. Before I ever did anything as drastic and expensive as your thinking about I would do a lot of shooting and patterning of the shotgun barrel. Don't be afraid to try some of the larger shot in it. #2, BB's and #4 buckshot. Sounds like you want it more to take care of predators and pests than table game. Many of the loads with larger shot give better patterns with more open chokes. If I remember correctly, this probably is a 20 ga 2 3/4" chamber. You might also be surprised at how it does with slugs. It would be good if you reload or know someone who does. It's very hard to find factory loads of larger shot for 20 ga 2 3/4" or 410. A lot can be done by a knowledgeable reloader to tighten up patterns by using different wad and pressure combinations. You didn't mention but I assume this has a 22 LR barrel on top. In its current state I think it should be a good firearm for your purposes and I would certainly give it a good workout before I did anything.
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Post by lowman on Oct 17, 2021 11:39:07 GMT -5
Woodsbum, She is a 2 3/4” chamber. I’ve pattered it with some #8’s and I found some 000buck 2 3/4” loads the other day and she’s 2” low to the .22lr top barrel at 30 yards but windage is dead nuts. Although she throws a pretty large but uniform pattern. I’ve got a .30-30/12ga that’s chokeable from the factory, that’s my game gun and it’ll be with me till I go in the ground. I figure the little camper is so light and handy that it could benefit from being chokeable, but I think you’re right on the load work up. I reload metallic but not shotgun, but my buddy does and we trade a lot. Might be worth a Saturday of roll one, shoot one, tweak, and roll another at his place. Plus I’d like to roll a few shorties so I could get 3 in the buttstock ammo dump.
I appreciate the response, Lowman
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Post by 24combo on Oct 18, 2021 4:16:43 GMT -5
The camper models are harder to find at a reasonable price. Before I threaded that one I'd look for a single shot that could be shortened and made to accept choke tubes.
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Post by jrguerra on Oct 18, 2021 4:41:25 GMT -5
I also vote for caution on modifying your Camper with adjustable chokes. Unless you have some circumstances where ranges are at a fixed distance, having the appropriate choke on hand to to use under 'repel boarders' (i.e. homestead nighttime raid) would be hit or miss (see what I did there ? :^)
Finding the ammunition that patterns well and leaving it at that makes the most sense to me. Congratulations on your lucky acquisition.
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Post by vancmike on Oct 18, 2021 11:41:36 GMT -5
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