HELP
 

I tried shooting my Benelli Super Nova with slugs for the first time. What a disappointment. It was hitting SOO inconsistent. It didn't matter if I was shooting offhand or off of the bench. It would not hit the same way twice. Out of 15 rounds at 50yds, I hit an 8in target twice, once solidly, once I just caught the edge of it. Other times I was hitting more than a foot high and to the Left or Right. I was using Winchester 2 3/4 in slugs.

What am I doing wrong??
Could the type of choke I had in cause this?
Ammo type?

Normally at 50 yds with a rifle off of the bench I can put 6 rounds in an X ring.

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First, what is your barrel setup (length, rifled/smooth, what choke if smooth)? And next, what are you using for sights. And you said you were using "Winchester 2 3/4" slugs". Are these rifled slugs, or sabots?

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LR100 is right. Need more info. What slug and are they rifled or not? Is the bbl rifled or smooth and if smooth, what, if anychoke are you using?

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My Benelli has a 26" smooth bore, with full choke, Slugs were Winchesterrifled slugs, hollow point 1 oz slugs.

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I only had the fiber optic dot at the barrel 's end.

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Well, than that is as good as it will probably get with that setup. If you were to switch to a modified choke, and put a scope or red dot of some sort on it, you would probably get acceptable groups. But right now, the cards are just stacked against you.

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NY,

Switch to a modified or better yet an IC choke. If you don't have them, Buy some Brenneke slugs, they are more forgiving in tight chokes. I shoot the same winchesters out of 3 separate guns that are Improved Cylinder, and get excellent accuracy. For $3.50, it might be worth it to try the remington sluggers also. They seemed to shoot well through a skeet chokeI had on my 20 guage.

KEJ

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Same as above, switch toModified or IC choke. For straight up accuracy the best I've used is Federal Tru-Balls, but still opening the choke should help the Winchesters group better.

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My thoughts exactly. Without a paired sight sytem you're essentially still pointing it as a shotgun with shot, not aiming as though it was a rifle. All the pieces, sights, load and choke, need to work in conjunction with each other, not against one another as they are now.

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I tried to clean m shotgun and I could not believehow bad it was. is it possible these slugs scored the barrel. I had an unbelievable amount of lead fouling.

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Yep your pretty much lobbing knuckle balls out there.....I remember those days well!You must understand that without rifling to stabilize the projectile it makes it difficult to be consistent. Most Foster style slugs are made with groves cut in them to act as sort of a rifling effect in that the groves are supposed to impart a spin on the slug using wind resistance, thus stabilizing it. While better thanthe oldsolid lead slug it's still primitive at best. Your best option is trying to find a rifled barrel for the gun however this is not cheap.

If money is a factor then I would suggest buying a rifled choke tube made for this very problem. While it won't be the same as a completerifled barrel, it will input some spin on the slug.Then you need to find slugs that shoot well out of that particular gun/set up. What worked well out of another shotgun may not work well out of the Benelli.

As mentioned, in conjunction with this, improving your sights will also help your groups. Stay away from the sabot slugs as they are intended for full rifled barrels and they will give you even worse performance than the regular foster type slugs if shot out of a smooth bore.

Good luck....