ORIGINAL: dog killer
is it safe to shoot rifled slugs through a 12 gauge full choke ?
i was told years ago that if a dime won't fit through.....
don't shoot a slug through it. i'm smart enough not to test it lol !
i just got a cheap REVELATION[western auto] 12 gauge pump w/vent rib barrel and full choke and would like to deer hunt with it if it's safe to put slugs through it. i've always used imp. or mod. but this gun doesn't have screw in tubes.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP !!!
DK
This old question has been around ever since Greener et. al first swaged a choke into the barrel of a smoothbore!
The answer is "yes, it is safe to shoot 'rifled' slugs in a choked barrel. They are made of pure, soft lead, are almost a shell of lead hollow in the middle,and the "rifling" and base ring on these slugs are designed to squeeze down as much as necessary to get through the choke. This squeezing damages accuracy, but not your gun!
At one time, bore-size round balls were loaded into shotgun shells. These so-called "punkin balls" were solid, and were dangerous to use in full-choke guns. But that was 100 years ago, or more. The Brenneke slugs made for smoothbore shooting can also be shot in choked barrels.