Buckshot?
 

wanted to shoot some buckshot loads through my shotgun and was wondering if ur supposed to have a certain choke or barrel before doing so.....thanks for helpin me out.

a modified choke would be fine.

If you are looking into actually hunting with buckshot, you should check your local laws because I am not aware of any state that allows buckshot still. I haven't researched all the states, but the several that I have hunted in, don't allow it.

no i was gunna use it for shooting people. (home protection)

:happy0157: Coffee on the computer screen.

For home defense I keep my IC choke tube in for 00 buck. Unless you have a very large house, the farthest you'll likely shoot at an intruder is 30 feet (10 yards). At that range even cylinder bore will likely put every pellet into a man if your aim is true.

But any choke except maybe the extra full turkey chokes are safe to shoot buckshot through.

Mike

Thanks for answering my question guys. Hope u dont get the wrong idea with the whole killing people thing.....

I would never hold any man in contempt who is forced to take lethal action to protect his family and home from a dangerous intruder. Only the coward who stands by and does nothing deserves ridicule. Don't feel bad about wanting to protect your home and family... God hardwired us that way.

Mike

new jersey is buck shot country. kills em deaderr than dead. :groupwave:

Alabama allows you to hunt with buckshot,i would rather hunt with a scoped rifle though.unless it some real thick stuff.

I'm gonna go with drifter on this, an IC is a good way to go.

Ive seen some "cylinder" chokes, shoot better than "mod". Some "full", shoot better than "IC", and all inbetween.
No two shotguns I ever had shot buckshot the same. Some string, some throw off to one side, some just do weird stuff.
In the home, with distances measured in feet, I doubt the spread would open up much between all of them though.

What in the world you talking about. MD, NJ, several others allow it.

That said, I hate the stuff. I won't use it again on deer, especially sika deer. They use it here for sika deer jumpin in the swamps. Almost like rabbit huntin. You usually see a volley of shots taking down a 80lb deer. The few time I participated in such a hunt I used slugs. And I was the guy who actually had to take the deer down with one shot as they were unloading thier shotguns.

Deer was unedible at best. I guess the nimrod who took credit for the kill just ground it. I didn't want it after that.

I'd probably opt for smaller shot for home defense. I'd rather save my bigscreen from passthroughs :D :D