Hot shot barrel mods questions

[rdlange]

I have read that the hot shot barrel screw on choke can be reamed out for use with regular bullets.
 
And that a steel ring can be placed around the barrel to cover the ports and deactivate the 'brake'.
 
How does this work and what have been the results please?
 
Thanks.

[rdlange]

Found half of what I'm looking for... per 'bug' earlier post: [search 'hotshot']

"Recently, I reamed an extra choke (for my .44 bbl) so there was no longer any rifling. What I wound up with was an 8" bbl with a .429 groove, a 3/4" comp chamber of about .480 (with two gas ports on either side of the front sight), and a smoothbore "barrel extension" about 1 1/4" long with an ID of about .440.
  I was hoping this would work like a compensator, and... IT Does! Muzzle flip went from almost 90 degrees to about 45, and felt recoil was reduced perceptibly. This is totally subjective, but two other friends said they also felt a difference. This was tested with a hot-loaded 240 gr hard-cast, and a 300gr jhp. Groups remained comparable with the extension on or off. "

[P.A. Myers]

The choke is not rifled, its just small. It is to stop the wad spin that results in donut patterns. I had the choke reamed on a 45colt, worked very well. I think if I had kept that barrel I would have milled off the choke threads and eliminated the whole thing. For several reasons I decided I don't like hot-shot barrels.