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m.brightwell@sbcglobal.ne
I have a Russian IZH 18 single shot with removable chokes. The chokes that came with it are full, modified, and improved. So question: not that I shoot slugs (if I did I'd know the answer) but if I WERE going to, what should I use? I know that generally slug guns have no choke, i.e. are cylinder guns, but I would hesitate to leave the choke out for fear of buggering up the threads.
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  • m.brightwell@sbcglobal.ne
    Can you shoot slugs thru a barrel with screw-in chokes? What choke should you use?
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  • B17-P51
    The most open choke you have. Preferably cylinder, skeet maybe. Definitly not Full. They also make a screw in rifled adapter, or they used to, for popular shotguns.
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  • laogai
    yes rifled extended choke tubes are available for most popular shotguns. i have one for my beretta 390 and it is very effective.
    brileys, cabelas, or midwayusa should all have them.
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  • Mossbergboogie
    Actually rifled slugs can be shot though chokes full through IC. But best results are with IC. Says so right on the box of remington sluggers I have next to me.
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:Originally posted by m.brightwell@sbcglobal.ne
    Can you shoot slugs thru a barrel with screw-in chokes?
    The question isn't "can" you. . .of course you can.

    The question is "should you".

    Answer is that in general it is perfectly safe to fire slugs through choked barrels.

    That said, its probably not a good idea to fire them through really tight chokes (Eg "full", etc) if you can help it. While you are unlikely to "blow up" your gun, doing that is likely to contribute to increased wear on the choke and the end of the muzzle where it screws into place, as well as reduced accuracy.


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    What choke should you use?

    I think that's going to depend both on what exact slug you're using and what gun.

    If you can stomach doing it, probably the best thing is to try grouping your chosen type of slug through various chokes at say 50 or 100 yards, and seeing which choke yields the best accuracy.

    I'd imagine you'd probably get the best results with either a simple cylinder or improved cylinder, but you never know for sure until you actually try it.

    As mentioned, there are special chokes with built-in rifling designed to spin slugs. I don't know how well these actually work, but I'd imagine they're probably OK with the right slugs.
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  • XP100
    Only choke you should not shoot a slug through is a extra or XX full turkey choke. They wil shoot through any factory choked gun. skeet through full without any problem.
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