| From: | Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK> |
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| Subject: | Re: Shotguns |
| Date: | Sat, 3 Jun 1995 00:13:10 GMT |
> > don't answer right away, just use whatever they had on the weapon last
> > time. Or have it take a Simple Action to change choke setting. Or,
> > nastiest of all (and fairly realistic), choked bores can't fire slug.
>
> I believe changing a cyber-choke is a simple, regular choke is a complex,
> and didn't somebody post something about a shotgun where you could
> open the choke so far that it didn't actually interfere with a slug.
In theory, yes. In practice, unless the choke retracts fully it risks being
damaged by the slug in passage: and if it retracts too far, combustion
gas leaks out with really nasty effects on the mechanism.
> Not that I know about the mechanics of the choke, I have this mental
> image of an iris valve at one end of the barrel, something that
> would probably keep half the pelletsw in the shot gun :-(
Actually it's basically a taper in the barrel. Nowadays you can change
"choke tubes" which are about the size of cartridges and screw into the
weapin just ahead of the breech. So you can have a tight choke for long-
range shots, then change it for a wide choke for woodland as you change
terrain.
--
When you have shot and killed a man, you have defined your attitude towards
him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better
or for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him.
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
