Slug gun question.
 

Can I Shoot rifled slugs throgh a modified choke or do I need to buy a rifled choke. I only ask because I have only shot slugs through fixed choke barrels. Help me out please.

Also, which does everbody prefer for a slug gun, red dot or shotgun scope.

RE: Slug gun question.
 

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??

RE: Slug gun question.
 

Most rifled slugs will shoot out of an I/C or modified bore. Just make sure they are rifled slugs with the fins on them. The fins collapse and allow for a tighter choke. A solid slug like a pumpkin ball or something might not work.

Some rifled slugs can even be shot out of a full choke. I don't know that I would try it.

You might get a bit better accuracy with a rifled choke though. Then again you might not. Keep in mind the fins on the rifled slugs do not impart any spin onto the slug. The barrel needs to be rifled for this. The fins are simply there to collapse and allow for different bore diameters at the end.

Paul

RE: Slug gun question.
 

Did that hurt??

RE: Slug gun question.
 

i shoot winchester hollow point Super X's through an I/C with no problems.
Thats what i was told to use at the store.

RE: Slug gun question.
 

Is that an interchangeable choke or is it fixed??

Thats basically what Im asking, can you shoot slugs through an interchangeable choke system, if so, what Choke?

RE: Slug gun question.
 

In reply to "Did that hurt"?, The crow never felt a thing, and the only part of me that was injured at all was my backside when I got home and my Dad saw the shotgun.

RE: Slug gun question.
 

its interchangable. I've shot slugs through both my remington 870 and winchester 1300 using improved cylinders no problem.

RE: Slug gun question.
 

Roger, I will give it a shot. And sorry about your backside.

RE: Slug gun question.
 

I would use nothing but improve cyc. for slugs. The best way to shoot accurately out of a interchangable choke isby using arifle choke made for sabot and foster slugs. If it was me I would get me a barrel for slugs with rifle sight.

RE: Slug gun question.
 

Particularly unhelpful!! You have to clear all bore obstructions before shooting any kind of load!! Otherwise, the barrel will split!!

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.

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.