Originally Posted by
SwampCollie
2) You can spend another $250 and have a gunsmith put interchangeable choke tubes in the barrel. While this will make the gun much more versitale, it will negatively effect the value. Once you have those choke tubes installed, you will be able to safely shoot any type of shot, including economincally priced steel shot which is often around 50-75 cents a round instead of $4.
I believe that the barrel walls on a Mod. 12 are too thin to install threading for choke tubes. And I suspect that he would ultimately regret doing it. For not much more than 250.00 he could buy a used gun that will accept choke tubes and still have an unaltered Model 12.