24" barrel choke options

[wkt60 0]

Gentlemen,

 

This will be my first shotgun purchase, found a 24" Saiga 12 in stock.

Can I have this cut down to 18" & set up to use the polychoke? What is involved?

Looks like it just comes stock with a thread protector on the end of the barrel .

I would possibly like to use in 3-Gun comp sometime in the future.

Thanks for your help & the great forum

[6x6pinz 4]

Gentlemen,

 

This will be my first shotgun purchase, found a 24" Saiga 12 in stock.

Can I have this cut down to 18" & set up to use the polychoke? What is involved?

Looks like it just comes stock with a thread protector on the end of the barrel .

I would possibly like to use in 3-Gun comp sometime in the future.

Thanks for your help & the great forum

 

first would be sad to see a 24" barrel wasted on a cut down project. So many people looking for them to hunt with and so few to be had. The 19 is more common and would make a better candidate for cutting. Cutting down and rethreading should not be a problem, the choke just screws onto the barrel in the same fashion as the factory chokes do.

[scoutjoe 276]

There might be an issue if you cut it down that much depending on how many gas ports are with that gun. Some of the 22" barrels only have 3 ports where the 19" has 4 ports. I would suspect that the 24" would have 3 ports and might have problems with lighter birdshot loads IMHO.

[shaneman153a 39]

Yep, there was extensive info on overboring the holes on this board back when they used to be more common. If you do a search, you should be able to find the info you need. Very rarely did someone cut a 24" and NOT have to either drill an extra hole, or drill them bigger.