Choking is to be taken seriously, whether in people or glass bottles. Choked Necks are constrictions or obstructions in the bore of the neck. They usually appear below the neck parting line on the inside of the bore. There are different varieties of a choked neck or bore that in the majority of cases are the result of temperature issues in the finish region, the glass either staying too hot or too cold due the plunger’s inability to extract enough heat from the glass (glass too hot) or the plunger extracting too much heat from the glass (glass too cold). A choked or restricted bore can become a critical defect when the restriction is sufficient to cause contact with a fill pipe in the filling line, increasing the risk of glass contamination in product.