Restoring a rusty old Mossburg 185

[MuleyHunter]

Stay Sharp,

I have my grandfathers old 20 gauge Mossberg bolt action, not sure of model as I am not at home, but I have been trying to find a full choke for it. My brother lost it.... Any ideas on how to find one or have one built ? It looks just like the one on this shotgun.

Thanks for any help. Quinton

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[Sawfish]

Stay Sharp,

I have my grandfathers old 20 gauge Mossberg bolt action, not sure of model as I am not at home, but I have been trying to find a full choke for it. My brother lost it.... Any ideas on how to find one or have one built ? It looks just like the one on this shotgun.

Thanks for any help. Quinton

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You might try Gun Parts Company. They may have acquired what you need in some of their gun shop liquidation buys. Otherwise, your best bet is probably at a gun show, or gunsmith. A number of folks did not care for the chokes and just had a gunsmith cut them off. Probably a lot of them languishing in the parts boxes at older gun shops.

 

[sigpros]

Cool. I have been wanting to do the same thing. Build a bolt action turkey slayer. Just trying to find a cheap donor for the project

 

[shootbrownelk]

Stay Sharp,

I have my grandfathers old 20 gauge Mossberg bolt action, not sure of model as I am not at home, but I have been trying to find a full choke for it. My brother lost it.... Any ideas on how to find one or have one built ? It looks just like the one on this shotgun.

Thanks for any help. Quinton

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I think that is some form of "Poly-choke" adjustable from cylinder bore to full. They were popular back then. I had one on a Winchester single shot.

 

[MuleyHunter]

Thanks for the info guys.

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[Sawfish]

I think that is some form of "Poly-choke" adjustable from cylinder bore to full. They were popular back then. I had one on a Winchester single shot.

This particular model was not adjustable, but used separate tubes for each choke. Sort of like the old Cutts Compensator but without the vents.