Kind of vague title, I wasn’t sure what to put.

My questions is this: do screw in chokes belong on an expensive shotgun?

I am having a 20 gauge shotgun barrel set made for my 500 NE Double rifle and I have the option to have them fitted with screw in chokes for an extra $500 a barrel, with the work to be done by Briley. I’m by no means a gun connoisseur but I don’t think I recall I have seen expensive shotguns with screw in chokes before. Maybe I am not well studied/read enough to have...

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I’m going back to Africa, and this time I’m taking my .35 Whelen. Last time my .375 with Barnes 270 grn TSX bullets performed flawlessly. I really like the TSX, but I’d like to go with a 250 grn bullet for the Whelen, but the TSX isn’t available in that weight. If I want that bullet, it’s going to have be a 225 grain. Other options are Swift A-Frame in 250 grains, but right now, they’re unobtanium. Nosler Partition is another option, but I prefer Swift’s bonded version.

Rifle is a...

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I've bought several guns from Bass Pro over the last couple of years. There's sooo much that's great about it.

1) Great selection of used guns.
2) Prices generally on the high end of fair, occasionally a bargain.
3) Seamless shipping nationwide with no shipping charges and no FFL fees.
4) Seamless FFL, no jockeying around to get everybody to send their FFL etc.
5) Accountability of a large company -- when I ordered my Rigby PH it disappeared from Fed Ex for over a week. They offered to...

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My mother looking for X-Mas gift ideas for my father. I have suggested an R-8, which she seems open to exploring. Is the rifle below what I should recommend? I know there has been some talk of aluminum vs. steel receivers - I assume I want steel for heavy recoiling rifles? I'll eventually buy a .500 Jeffery barrel for this thing. Hard for me to tell if the rifle below is a steel or aluminum receiver - Maybe Jake @EuroOptic can shine some light on that for me...

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