Slug gun question.
11-10-2005 | 11:14 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
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From: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
RE: Slug gun question.
ORIGINAL: Pawildman
My only experience along that line came YEARS ago, when as a kid, I shot at a crow withan old single-barrel 12 ga. full choke and a slug round of some sort. Missed the crow, but took the bead front sight out, and split the end of the barrel. Does this help??
My only experience along that line came YEARS ago, when as a kid, I shot at a crow withan old single-barrel 12 ga. full choke and a slug round of some sort. Missed the crow, but took the bead front sight out, and split the end of the barrel. Does this help??
A "rifled" slug can be fired in any shotgun which is safe to fire!! with no danger, regardless of choke! Both Foster and Brenneke-type slugs are designed to crush down and go through the choke. That's what the ribs on the slug are for-they really don't make it spin any!!
Slugs generally shoot most accurately from a cylinder bore (no choke at all) or an improvedcylinder, which is a mild degree of choke. The reason for this is the slugs are deformed less in passing through the barrel, so they fly better.
11-10-2005 | 12:16 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
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From: Central Ohio
RE: Slug gun question.
I've shot slugs through my 16 guage which is full choke. I'm a pretty good shot with it too. The manufacturer of my slugs states on the package that choke doesn't matter (I'm blanking on the name right now, sorry).
That being said, I'm not using slugs in that gun anymore. I don't want to risk a split barrel! I only need to hear one horror story, like Pawildman's to change my mind. Plus, the 16 guage has some sentimental value to me. It was my grandfather's, made in 1947, and I killed my first deer with it as a teenager. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to it.
That being said, I'm not using slugs in that gun anymore. I don't want to risk a split barrel! I only need to hear one horror story, like Pawildman's to change my mind. Plus, the 16 guage has some sentimental value to me. It was my grandfather's, made in 1947, and I killed my first deer with it as a teenager. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to it.
