Shotgun Question.
Had a guy, good guy, bought his brother a shotgun, and a charles daly .45. Now his brother, has a family, and the guns are for home protection, on problem, he hasnt shot either one. He really wants to shoot the shotgun, but none of the ranges around here allow any kind of shot. No 00 buck, nothing. The shotgun is a Mossburg 500. My question is, can he shoot brenneke type slugs through his regular barrel, or must it be a rifled slug barrel?
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As long as the choke is modified or improved cylinder. Also would recommend a rifled slug. 0 -
does the mossburg 500 come with a choke pre installed, i ask because he bought it, and he said its been sitting in a closet ever since. I dont own a mussburg [:D] im an 870 kinda guy. [8D] 0 -
The older Mossberg 500 came with the choke formed into the barrel. The new Mossbergs have a screw in choke. 0 -
thanks sarge, this would be a whole lot easier, if i still lived in delaware, he could have just come to the backyard. 0 -
Your welcome. I understand the urge to shoot as I use to live in a crappy little town. We bought about 11 acres 4 years ago and moved, and I must say life is good now. If I get the urge to shoot I just go outside, right off the deck. 0 -
Rifled slug choke?
I have not checked to see if they are available for the Mossberg or not.
I know that they can be gotten for Browning.
http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/accessories/detail.asp?value=003J&cat_id=113&type_id=38766A
Rifled slug barrels for the 500 can be gotten for around $140.00.0 -
Not to hijack the thread,but...
why the idea that slugs should only be shot thru open chokes.?
I"ve shot them through full choked guns,and none of the slugs I've bought say to not do that.
Do they just perorm better with a more open choke,or ??0 -
I just finished a brand new target stand.Why dont yall just come over and shoot like there aint no tomorrow? 0 -
If the range said "no shot", they might have meant no shotguns. You might want to double check before he shows up wanting to shoot and gets disappointed.
The Brenneke slug is designed for a smooth bore barrel. He can safely shoot either type slug. He will probably get better accuracy with the Brenneke or Foster slug than the Sabot. The Sabot slugs are made for rifled barrels, so usually if you use them in a smooth bore you are paying for accuracy you're not getting.
Brenneke (photo stolen from Wikipedia)
Foster
Sabot0 -
SuburbanNoize...
Take him to our range....Or direct him there...You dont have to shoot trap or skeet, there are sides off where one can just shoot the gun if you want....0 -
BlackRoses, i totally forgot about Hernando Sportsmans club! You guys have trap and skeet there right?!? I really need to make it up there. Thanks. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mort4570
Not to hijack the thread,but...
why the idea that slugs should only be shot thru open chokes.?
I"ve shot them through full choked guns,and none of the slugs I've bought say to not do that.
Do they just perorm better with a more open choke,or ??
If you are shooting a slug through a tighter choke you are taking a chance of blowing out the end of your barrel or shooting out the screw in choke. Look into the operators manual for your gun and you will probably see what loads are safe to shoot in your gun.0 -
We have a thursday nite trap shoot ....the whole range is open (pistol/rifle) but the club house is not....Classic is there every thursday nite from 5 to 9....Otherwise the club is open from 9 to 2 and on the weekends its open 9 to 3....closed on Mondays...As you know, there is skeet, trap, five stand, pistol, rifle, archery, cowboy shooting...
THey have also started building the new clubhouse...gonna be nice..0 -
Sarge, there shouldn't be a problem shooting slugs through any standard full choke. You're right about taking a look at the book. That's always a good idea.
The Foster "rifled slug" is designed to be used in a smooth bore. It has ridges on the slug which resemble rifling. The rifling on a Foster slug is actually so the slug can be used in various chokes. It gives the slug room to contract as it travels through a full choke. What gives the Foster slug its stability is a hollow base. The hollow base on a Foster slug puts most of the weight forward and causes it to fly straight, similar to a badminton shuttlecock. Various manufacturers make Foster slugs in slightly different diameters (caliber), so you might get better or worse performance in a particular barrel from one manufacturer to another.
The sabot slug is the only good thing I can think of to come out of france in the last couple hundred years. There used to be a sabot with a barbell shaped bullet. I thought I still had a few, but I can't find one now. Most sabot slugs now are just a .50 bullet in a plastic sabot loaded into a shotgun shell. The plastic sabot engages the rifling in the barrel and gives it the spin which stabilizes it in flight. the sabot falls away from the bullet shortly after it leaves the barrel.0 -
quote:Originally posted by SuburbanNoize
Had a guy, good guy, bought his brother a shotgun, and a charles daly .45. Now his brother, has a family, and the guns are for home protection, on problem, he hasnt shot either one. He really wants to shoot the shotgun, but none of the ranges around here allow any kind of shot. No 00 buck, nothing. The shotgun is a Mossburg 500. My question is, can he shoot brenneke type slugs through his regular barrel, or must it be a rifled slug barrel?
I think Knights will let you shoot 00 buck.0
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