winchester model 2200 12guage help

[steamer45]

i have a winchester model 2200 that i got from my dad.
on the gun it says : 2200-12g-2 3/4 chamber-winchester proof steel-full.
my question is can i shoot steel through it even though its a fixed full choke?

[eastcoast]

Originally Posted by steamer45

i have a winchester model 2200 that i got from my dad.
on the gun it says : 2200-12g-2 3/4 chamber-winchester proof steel-full.
my question is can i shoot steel through it even though its a fixed full choke?

I don't think so but you can go to a local gunsmith and get them to bore it out for you,or maybe cut the choke out off the barrell and make a new one.

[240gord]

I would say NO,Have it opened up.

[Sask Hunter]

call winchester. Sounds like they have called it a "steel-full" choke. Might be their version of a modified.

Don;t smith the gun if you don;t have to.

Might also mean that the steel of the barrel is "proof steel" whatever that means.

[wwbirds]

Best pattern and choke is modified for steel.
Full will likely be too much constriction so could burst barrel or ring/split the choke creating a weakness.
Often discussed here so you can search other threads but I wouldn't shoot steel.

[303carbine]

Originally Posted by steamer45

i have a winchester model 2200 that i got from my dad.
on the gun it says : 2200-12g-2 3/4 chamber-winchester proof steel-full.
my question is can i shoot steel through it even though its a fixed full choke?

That means that it is Winchester proof steel barrel with a full choke. That doesn't mean it is steel capable.
Take it to a good gunsmith and have it bored to modified as we discussed earlier.

[SHORTMAG]

No, don't do it!...WWBIRDS is right on. Likely split the barrel...or worse.!

..remember..it's your face behind that reciever when you're experimenting!!