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Sidearms & Scatterguns Super X2 barrel bulged

Mister Ridge

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  • Aug 15, 2011
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    I bought a used Super X2 barrel from Numrich. It appears bulged at the choke tube. Does anyone have a Super X2 with a vent rib barrel they could measure for me and let me know if it gets larger in diameter at the choke tube?
     
    Don't know about the X2 but I have seen shotguns with a slightly larger diameter in the area of the choke tube.
     
    When done in the barrel itself (fixed chokes), a flared muzzle end was often termed a Tula Choke like this set of Krieghoff barrels.



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    But I have never seen this on a Win SX-2. There are a number of pics of SX-2 barrels on the net and they are all straight as far as I can tell...like this

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    Is this a fixed choke or screw choke barrel....??? I thought they were all screw chokes which sort of eliminates Tula chokes, I believe.
     
    When done in the barrel itself (fixed chokes), a flared muzzle end was often termed a Tula Choke like this set of Krieghoff barrels.



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    But I have never seen this on a Win SX-2. There are a number of pics of SX-2 barrels on the net and they are all straight as far as I can tell...like this

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    Is this a fixed choke or screw choke barrel....??? I thought they were all screw chokes which sort of eliminates Tula chokes, I believe.

    Screw in chokes. It's only about .06 inches of difference. Really subtle. Probably wouldn't notice it at all if not for the really shiny bluing.