Griff

I had a similar situation with the IC choke on my SBE II. The plating on the outside of the choke started flaking and peeled off. The plating was peeling right from the factory. This choke was in the gun when I bought it, and I never fired the gun with this choke. I called customer service and they said that there was a problem with the plating on some of the chokes and they sent me a new one (not plated). Give cutomer service a call and they'll fix you up.