slugs/choke barrels
Can slugs be fired through a modified choke shotgun barrel without damaging the barrel?
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Yes, the more interesting question is how accurately. Depends on your slug and barrel. People have shot slugs threw full chokes without damage.
I have shot 100's of 1.25 ounce Lyman soft cast sabot slugs in my 870 Express with a Skeet #2 thin wall choke tube. 3# coffee cans at 90 yards from a 20" barreled pistol gripped shotgun. Mid bead in the rib serves as rear sight.0 -
quote:Originally posted by charliemeyer007
Yes, the more interesting question is how accurately. Depends on your slug and barrel. People have shot slugs threw full chokes without damage.
I have shot 100's of 1.25 ounce Lyman soft cast sabot slugs in my 870 Express with a Skeet #2 thin wall choke tube. 3# coffee cans at 90 yards from a 20" barreled pistol gripped shotgun. Mid bead in the rib serves as rear sight.
+1, Because of the legal liability factor, I would agree with Charlie. As far as, commercially made, U.S. manufactured shotgun slugs are concerned.
On the other hand, there are both exotic foreign made slugs, and crazy home brew ones. That I wouldn't shoot in a choked shotgun. I've run across a number of U Tube videos, of people shooting these types of slugs in various shotguns. Would make me kind of nervous, touching them off, holding the shotgun.0 -
I always follow the manufacturer directions, normally they state on the box modified or larger. 0 -
Just make sure you use Foster type slugs which are self stabilizing - don't use any of the Sabot type slugs you need rifling for these to stabilize. It's kind of a cruel joke played on some shooters when they use the expensive Sabot in their smooth bore and expect them to be more accurate than a Foster type slug. 0
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