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What choke Can I shoot slugs through?
A cylinder choke is recommended for shooting rifled slugs in a smooth-bore barrel. Sabot slugs should only be shot through our fully-rifled slug barrels.
Can you shoot a slug out of a screw in choke?
Yes, you can shoot slugs in a gun with a screw-in choke. The tube has the choke stamped on it or it has grooves on the outer lip. Full chokes don’t give the best accuracy but they will easily handle any slug made. If you got only one tube, it is most likely modified, the most versatile of all chokes.
Do I need a slug barrel to shoot slugs?
Many shotguns come standard with a smooth bore barrel because that’s what you need to have to shoot shot (shells that have bbs or multiple projectiles – these are used in bird hunting and other sporting situations). In addition to shooting shot, you can also shoot slugs out of a smooth bore barrel.
How far can you accurately shoot a 12 gauge slug?
The “NRA Firearms Fact Book” says: “Shotgun slugs should not be used at ranges greater than about 75 yards.
Can I shoot a rifled slug through a smooth barrel?
You can use a sabot in a smooth barrel, but don’t expect very good performance. If you hold your shooting to 75 yards or less, full-bore rifled slugs will perform every bit as well as the more sophisticated sabots when it comes to bringing down your deer.
Can you shoot rifled slugs through a modified choke?
The older, slower (about 1300fps) rifled slugs (“Foster” slugs) are ok with your modified choke tube, although the ideal tube would probably be Improved cylinder. It’s only partly barrel constriction to worry about–it’s also the pressures that some modern sabots and slugs are loaded to.
How accurate are rifled slugs?
The effective range of rifled slugs is considerably less than that of saboted loads. But most shots taken at woodland deer are within 100 yards. Using a rifled or full-bore slug is no disadvantage at this relatively close range, but only if you can place the slug where you want it.
How much does a 12 gauge slug drop at 100 yards?
Consider a modern full-rifled 12-gauge slug gun firing a high-tech 260-grain sabot slug that leaves the muzzle at about 1,900 fps velocity. If zeroed at 50 yards (still a popular sight-in distance among slug hunters), that slug only drops 1.7 inches by the time it gets to 100 yards.
Are Brenneke slugs rifled?
Can Brenneke USA slugs be used in either a rifle barrel or smooth bore barrel? Both of these slugs are designed to be used only in full-rifled barrels and must not be fired from any type of choked barrel.
How far will a 12 gauge rifled slug travel?
Rifled slug barrels are providing hunters the ability to consistently and accurately hit targets ethically out to 150 yards or more. Rifled barrels come interchangeably with pump and semi-auto shotguns. Bolt-action slug guns are also available on the market.
What is better buckshot or slug?
The big advantage of using a slug is that it has a much longer effective range than buckshot. Additionally, shotgun slugs retain their energy better and typically penetrate much deeper than buckshot. A shotgun shooting a slug is also much more precise than a shotgun shooting buckshot.
What is the most accurate shotgun slug?
Here are the best options we found — a “top 10” list of today’s best slug guns. 1: Savage 212 and 220. 2: Winchester SX3 Cantilever Buck. 3: Remington 870 SPS ShurShot Synthetic Super Slug. 4: Browning A-Bolt Shotgun. 5: Benelli SBE II Slug Gun. 6: Weatherby PA-08 08 Slug Gun Combo. 7: Mossberg 500 FLEX Slugster.
Is full choke or rifled barrel better?
Full choke was able to match rifled, but was slightly less consistent. Rifled even let me hit at 10 meters on occasion. At 8 meters though, full choke didn’t miss once. The tighter cluster made the gun way more consistent within this range.
What are the best slugs for a rifled barrel?
If you’re using a fully rifled barrel, sabot slugs are a good choice. Foster slugs can be fired through a rifled barrel, and hunters who shoot rifled slugs through their rifled barrels claim to get good to excellent results.
Are all slugs rifled?
Most shotgun slugs are designed to be fired through a cylinder bore or an improved cylinder choke, rifled choke tubes, or fully rifled bores. Slugs differ from round-ball lead projectiles in that they are stabilized in some manner.
Can the VR80 shoot slugs?
And while RIA doesn’t recommend you shoot slugs through anything but Cylinder/Improved Cylinder chokes, the general rule is that you can shoot slugs safely through any kind of choke but Full. Group size with slugs out of the VR80 was 3-4 inches, depending on the brand (see the chart), which is perfectly acceptable.
Can Remington 870 shoot slugs?
Re: Dumb rookie question: 870 Express Synthetic and slugs You absolutely can shoot slugs through your cylinder choke barrel. On the shelf at the store, you’re likely to see two varieties of slugs – rifled and sabot. A sabot slug is designed to be very accurate out of a rifled barrel.
What is the best slug to use in a smooth bore shotgun?
The American Whitetail® 12 gauge Rifled Slug turns your smooth bore shotgun into a deer hunting machine! Designed for smooth bore barrels, Hornady® American Whitetail® Rifled Slugs feature a 1-ounce lead alloy slug that is loaded to 1,600 feet per second.
What is the drop of a 12 gauge slug?
A standard 12-gauge slug normally weighs an ounce, and comes out of the muzzle at around 1,650 fps. One catalog lists 2,361 ft. lbs. of energy at the muzzle, but that drops to only 926 ft.
Can a rifled barrel shoot buckshot?
Yes you can shoot buckshot through it without any ill effects. The rifled barrel will cause the shot column to spin, which will open up your pattern and lessen the effective range of your buckshot. The only real way to know how much is to shoot it and pattern it.
