Shooting shotgun slugs
Does anyone know about shooting slugs thru different chokes, also what about the older adjustable chokes. Does the choke matter? Also the type of slugs?
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If shooting slug through adjustable, it should be opened all the way. If shooting std rifled (Forster) slugs, should stick to improved cylinder or improved. With a sabotted slug, modified would be OK but sabots shoot best from rifled bbl.
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Using slugs in chokes as tight as full and extra full is okay according to ammunition manufactures who say that slugs are designed to pass safely through any degree of choke without damage. Adjustable chokes should be opened up to a wider setting since restriction can vary widely with these variable chokes.
With that out of the way shotguns intended for shooting slugs are charactorized by barrels shorter than usual shot barrels, typically
around 20" to 24", with cylinder or improved choking. Most manufactures offer special rifled slug barrels for serious slug use.
When using such a barrel and rifle sights you can get pretty decent accuracy at 100 yards or so. There are three basic types of slugs:
Brenneke which uses felt or card wads screwed into the base, Foster type which has a deep hollow base like an old minie projectile. Both types have a seies of angular grooves swaged into their outer circumference. There are also sabot type slugs. Sabot, when used with rifled barrels and sights usually provide the best accuracy. You'll simply have to try different brands and types to see what works best in your shotgun. This is a pretty brief look at slugs, but I hope it answers your questions.
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Here in Greenland, we don't use slugs in anything tighter than ?-choke (I believe that equals Modified)
Generally because people usually have older weapons, that might not have barrels of the good quality of steel weapons ar made of now.
In newer weapons - it shouldn't make much difference, as the barrel is tougher.
But slugs usually have a kind of "thread" or "twisted wings" or whatever you like to call them.
They are made to make the slug twist in the barrel and in the air for better presision, those "threads" on the outside of the slug, are deformed through the choke - just a little, and doesn't change the presision a whole lot.
They are also made, so even a Full-choke won't deform them totally.
But having a good, well maintained weapon - I'd still think of getting a weapon for real slug use.
Allthough I've shot many slugs through my Winchester 1500XTR-European semi auto, I never tried them in chokes tighter than Modified.
Just did that as a safety precaution, as well as with Buckshot.
Only used Full and Extra-Full for competition clay-target shooting.
Regards
Peter E Jeppesen
Greenland.
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