Ok Red who or where did you buy your section 2 moderator from (bearing in mind it has to be F2F deal ) its fairly easy for me to find and buy a new or preowned hushpower
shotgun of whatever calibre I want (.410 - 12) but to find a moderator in my RFD was quoted as being like rocking horse *hit let alone finding one s/h and some mods cost as much as buying a replacement gun such as the Baikal,s , I quite like the look of the Mossberg moderated shotguns but @ £600 in my local RFD its again a hefty purchase and as I don't know how quiet they are as opposed to the fully moderated guns might not be worthwhile .
Well now, where should I start?
I assume you are saying you want to fit a moderator to your existing Shotgun? Is your existing shotgun threaded for a mod? Is it ported? If not you are going to have to get all that done, and I suspect you will also need to get your gun re-proofed, and pay that above and beyond the cost of a moderator. You can't just jam a can on the end of a barrel - the barrel has to be threaded and maybe (but not necessarily) ported.
It is honestly far cheaper to let a commercial manufacturer take the pain out of the transaction. They will always be ungainly beasts once made so you aren't going to be shooting bouncing bunnies or pigeons on the wing with one - feeding rabbits and branchers for sure though. Given that you aren't going to be much worried about your swing or leading your quarry, a single shot Baikal is enough. You can get them for £300 or so. I paid more than that for a threaded section 1 can!