These Shotgun Accessories Adapt Your Hunting Gun For Home Defense
It’s time to consider a few shotgun accessories. It’s no secret that shotguns have been flying off the rack, purchased by new and experienced shooters alike. Many of these buyers will be interested to learn how easy it is to turn a sporting-oriented shotgun into something better suited for home defense. Choate Machine and Tool offers some easy-to-install accessories and components to make this happen.
Mag Tube Extensions Among Top Shotgun Accessories
Unless you’re drowning or on fire, no one wants less ammunition capacity. Choate is the industry leader in magazine tube extensions.Â
Extensions are available for Benelli, Browning, CZ, Fabarm, Franchi, H&R 1871, Mossberg, Remington, Smith & Wesson, Steven, Stoeger, Weatherby and Winchester.
Add The Ability To Attach A Light
Choate Machine and Tool manufactures a variety of light and accessory mounting options for shotguns, including the Night Manager. The Night Manager is a magazine tube extension with an aluminum shroud that is drilled and tapped along the bottom and sides for mounting Picatinny rail sections. Its unique design allows the shroud to orient the attached Picatinny rails where needed and then uses an AR-15 castle nut to lock it in the desired location.
Mounting accessories on the magazine tube extension allows use of the full length of the shotgun’s forend, which often can be short on law enforcement models.Â
Currently the Night Manager is available for the Remington 870, 1100, 11-87 and also for the H&R Pardner pumps and Hawk 982. For Mossberg shotguns, the Night Manager is available for the 500 (no extra shell capacity) 590, 835, 5500 and the 9200 shotguns.
Consider Your Stock Options
Whether you want to upgrade from wood to the durability of polymer or are looking for a different configuration entirely, Choate Machine and Tool has stocks to meet every need.Â
These include folding stocks, less-lethal designated orange stocks, stocks that carry extra ammunition and others.
Adding a folding or telescoping stock can be a fantastic upgrade for any home defense shotgun, making it easier to store or easier to adjust for clothing, body armor or the stature of the shooter.
All Shotgun Accessories Made In The U.S.
Choate Machine and Tool was founded by Garth Choate in 1972 as a one-man tool and die shop. Beginning with magazine tube extensions for Remington 870, 1100 and Browning A5 shotguns, Choate has been making OEM parts for firearms manufacturers such Smith & Wesson, Remington, Mossberg, Savage, H&K, Winchester, Anschutz, Marlin, Harrington & Richardson, Nighthawk, Ruger, Beretta, Springfield Armory and Kahr Arms since 1981.
Originally started in a 1200 square foot building, Choate Machine and tool now operates out of three separate factories. Those facilities include an injection molding plant, an investment casting plant and a final assembly plant with a total of 95000 square feet under roof.
Choate Machine and Tool products have a life time guarantee. Most orders will ship the day of the order or the next depending on when the order is placed. Full time gunsmiths are on staff to answer product questions. All Choate Machine and Tool parts are Made in the U.S. Shotgun upgrades also make fantastic holiday gifts. For more information, go to the Choate website at www.RifleStock.com.