The ORB

Will be using my Benelli Nova 12G (smoothbore) for Deer this season for the first time. What is the best choke to use for the Foster style slugs, and also Buckshot(00 or 000)?

Thanks.

CT Bowhunter

I used the improved cylinder choke on my Nova. I shot Winchester rifled slugs 2 3/4". I was getting good groups to 50 yards, but about 6" low. I used no sights. Just lined up the beads on the barrel.

The ORB

Thanks, I thought IC would probably be best for slugs,I'll have to give it a test run at the range. Any idea for the buckshot, I was thinking either Modified or full?

Thanks again.

Do they do a rifled barrel with sights or that would take a scope for the Nova?

CT Bowhunter

I don't know about buckshot. They make a rifled barrel but it's expensive. I looked at one for a Bennelli M1 semi-auto and it was like $289. I asked at the gunshop last week what a rifled barrel for the Nova would be and he laughed and said as much as a new gun!

eldeguello

The "best" chyoke for slugs is one which deforms the slug the least when it passes through. The exact "slug-size" bore, such as used on the old Ithaca Deerslayers is the most accurate for Foster ty6pe slugs. Likewise, the least possible choke also seems to work best with large pellets. A choke which squeezes large shot too much causes the pellets to "rebound' off one another, enlarging the pattern. The bigger the shot, the more pronounced this tendency becomes.

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kodiakhuntmaster

I use imp. for rifled slugs, a rifled choke for sabot slugs, and a full for buckshot. I get great accuracy.

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