Patent · US Expired

Automatic choke shot gun

US4713904A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1986
Grant dateDec 22, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A21/40
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic shotgun choke is provided which is attached to the muzzle of a shotgun barrel and can be adjusted manually by a device mounted within and extending from upper portion of the choke so as to selectively produce a choked and unchoked muzzle. In a modification gas pressure from a fired shell turns fan blades within the choke to operate a choking action upon a charge as it leaves the muzzle.

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