Looks like a fancy “smoke gun” plus why does the top barrel have a brass fitting on the end and the bottom one doesn’t? It is an O/U right?
why does the top barrel have a brass fitting on the end and the bottom one doesn’t? It is an O/U right?
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It is an O/U right?
It is an O/U.
The screw in choke in the top barrel looks to be a yellow or brass color which would be improved cylinder. This is a choke that is ok for shooting skeet, but most people shooting a lot of skeet use screw in skeet choke tubes in both barrels.
It appears the bottom barrel has no choke tube screwed into it, which would make for a cylinder choke (no choke) again this is ok for shooting skeet, but not the choke most people use. Yes they do make cylinder screw in choke tubes.
With with threads exposed in the lower barrel it will eventually fill in the space between the threads with plastic and lead. No way you can screw in a choke tube until this is removed. There is no way that any one that shoots a lot would keep shooting without a choke tube screwed into the bottom barrel.
Shooting with sun glasses on a cloudy day? Only a rank amateur would do something dumb like that.
Why no shell pouch or vest to hold extra shot shells in the photo?
Smoke looks like it is floating away from the right side ports in the top barrel, yet you can plainly see the ports on the left side of the barrel.
Even with light target loads the small amount of smoke that comes out of ported barrels blasts out of them. The smoke coming out the right side ports look phony.
When loading an O/U almost all shooters who shoot a lot load the bottom barrel if they are only firing one shot. It cuts down on recoil.
It is a poorly staged photo op as well as photo cropped.
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Honestly, I am an oddball and always uses side-by-side doubles but configuration is the same... sort of. Generally speaking, on a double barrel, you will have one barrel choked "Full" and the other choked "Modified" or "Improved". It depends on the gun and this applies to fixed choke configurations.
Others like this one are not choked at all, both barrels are the same and are machined and threaded to accept insert tubes or screw-on tips so the shooter can customize the choke how he thinks fit for the situation. The extended tube choke he has in the top barrel is more a marketing gimmick than anything else. Some would argue, but the idea is that the shot load is choked down in a more gradual fashion and produces more consistent patterns and less deformed shot pellets. Most guys just like them because you don't need a wrench to swap them...
Why he is only using one is open for discussion. I see this from time to time when guys borrow from another shooter because they don't have what they need on hand, who knows in this situation.