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Old 12-22-2009 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Pygmy
Shotgun chambers are tapered..There is no sharp shoulder for a projectile to "catch" on.. You can safely shoot 2 3/4" inch slugs through your 3" chamber, as long as you are not trying to shoot them through a supertight turkey choke or some other choke mot recommended for slugs..
I did not know they was tappered.
I will remove the chokes when using slugs.

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I suspect perhaps the original poster is European or perhaps South or Central American..??..
European. This was the first forum with some trafick I could find where I feelt that the lever of experience would answer my questions.

Originally Posted by uncle matt
Personally I wouldn't be shooting slugs out of a Mossy Silver Reserve.
Why not? It's a quite cheap gun witch look's quite good.
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Old 12-22-2009 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Stian1979
I did not know they was tappered.
I will remove the chokes when using slugs.

Do not remove the chokes completely!! When shooting slugs, Improved Cylinder tends to work the best in most cases, and is perfectly safe. You could also use Cylinder Bore, but I'm betting you'll get better accuracy with IC in both barrels. As for shooting slugs through your O/U, it won't hurt it at all, it's just a bit unconventional. The only other problem I see is that both barrels might not be that well regulated to one another, causing the slugs fired from each barrel to shoot to a different point of impact, meaning that if you install sights, you might only be able to sight in one barrel. You'll just have to shoot it and see.

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Old 12-22-2009 | 03:03 PM
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If your shotgun has removable choke tubes, DO NOT fire it with the choke tubes removed..This may damage the threads on your barrel..

Slugs should not be fired through extra tight choke tubes designed for turkey hunting or other small constriction tubes..However, there is no harm in firing slugs through "standard constriction" choke tubes normally provided when you buy your gun...Generally, modified or IC tubes will give you better accuracy than full choke tubes..
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Old 12-23-2009 | 04:21 AM
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Kind of tested it this morning without choke tubes before reading this thread again.
Worked well and the acuracy seamed fine.
No damage on the threads that I can see.
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