Are the 870 & 11-87 chokes interchangeable?

You should shop Carlsons website not here. Depends on your vintage.

That is a difficult question to answer because chokes are in a constant state of evolution (IMO planned Obsolescence) so the year of production can be critical to this question. However Remington has been in a State of Broke since WWII. So when interchangeable chokes hit the scene Remington didn't have the funds to be constantly coming up with new choke schemes. End result the answer to your question is a conditional Yes. As for why conditional, if one of your shotguns came with a fixed choke barrel and was converted to a mobile choke by Briley or another similar vendor a Remington choke will NOT fit your barrel. So, you'll need to take a try and fit approach.


If you want an example on how confusing the choke scene can be look at Beretta or Browning. Following is a link to Beretta Choke Identification page. You'll see why your question isn't easy to answer. BTW, the original Beretta Mobile Choke system is still in use today on Beretta's Field shotguns. End result of this particular ball of confusion is that my 12 gauge Beretta 686 Sporting uses an Optima HP choke and my 20 gauge 686 Field uses a Mobile choke. BTW, Browning is nearly as bad, there you have the Invector, Invector Plus, and Invector DS to sort out.

Remington factory choke tubes aren't very good, generally speaking. I found Carlson chokes to pattern nicely for not a lot of money as other premium brands. If you call Carlson tell them about your gun and what you want to accomplish, and you will be GTG. Carlson are priced very reasonably but quality is very good, the skirt lines up with the bore, doesn't collect as much trash as factory chokes, patterns nicely without holes, etc. Steel quality is good, machining precision is very good. I shoot clays and I've messed with all kinds of chokes, I've settled on Carlson.

My 11-87 and 870 chokes interchange. About 10 years or so between purchases of said shotguns.
I have a couple extras, what are you looking to change to?

You can go tru-lock precision hunter and be happier.

I use to keep the chokes that I had separated but somehow they got mixed up over the years. Trying to reorganize things.
I also have figure out which ones go to the Mossberg 500.

If they came from the factory with Remchoke, they are interchangeable. Briley is also an option

Concerning Brands of replacement chokes, don't fall for the X is Best BS. Quite simply Carlson and Briley both make excellent choke tubes and in actual shooting the "difference" is not at all noticeable. Fact is that IMO there is no difference between the two brands, so purchase based on price and availability. BTW, those who would accuse me of being some fanboy think again. I have 12 gauge Carlson chokes for my Beretta 686 and Briley Companion tubes for that same shotgun.