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You should not shoot slugs—or any other shot—through your barrel without a choke in place, since there is a very real possibility that you will damage the threading. The conventional wisdom has long been that these slugs perform best with an Improved Cylinder choke.
What chokes are safe for slugs?
Improved cylinder, cylinder choke, and rifled choke tubes are the best choke tubes for slugs. These choke tubes offer little constriction to provide stability when shooting.
Can you shoot slugs through a shotgun with a 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.
Can you shoot a slug through an Accu choke?
Can I shoot slugs or buckshot through a “smoothbore” field barrel with Accu-Choke™ tubes? (500/505/535/9200/88/930 models) Yes, and with sabots or rifled slugs, the more “open” the choke tube, the better the accuracy (“Improved Cylinder” recommended.).
Will rifled slugs damage a smooth barrel?
In almost all cases, you should only use rifled slugs in smoothbore barrels. If you have a rifled shotgun barrel, you’re going to want sabot slugs. It’s counter-intuitive to what the “rifled” slug name suggests and while it may not be a catastrophic failure, you could damage the grooves in your rifled shotgun barrel.
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.
Can Mossberg shockwave shoot slugs?
The gun has a purpose with slugs and buck shot.
Can Mossberg 88 shoot slugs?
Yes! You can shoot anything that fits within the gauge and length ( i.e. 2 3/4″, 3″ 3.5″) rating for your barrel. Shooting slugs through a full choke most like won’t blow your gun up but repeated use could stress the metal and cause a failure down the road so I would avoid doing it if possible.
Can the Mossberg 590 shoot slugs?
you can shoot rifled slugs with no problems.
What choke do you use for deer slugs?
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.
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.
What is the best slug for 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.
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.
Can you shoot regular slugs through a rifled barrel?
His testing showed that shooting rifled slugs through a rifled barrel showed about the same accuracy as shooting sabot slugs through the rifled barrel. If fact the only combination that showed poor accuracy was shooting sabot slugs through a smooth barrel.
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.
Is the Mossberg Shockwave legal?
The Mossberg Shockwave Short barreled shotguns without shoulder stocks and less than 26 inches in length are regulated under the NFA because they are easily concealed, and were favored by criminals at the time of the law’s passage. The product debuted to press explaining that yes, it is indeed legal.
Can Mossberg 930 shoot slugs?
Mossberg’s American-made, semi-auto 930 Slugster offers the slug gun hunter do-it-all versatility with high-end performance at a low-end price. There are many slugs-only areas of the country and in them Mossberg’s 930 Slugster has earned an enviable reputation for comfortable shooting and solid accuracy.
Is the Mossberg Shockwave any good?
NOTE: You’ll catch me calling this a shotgun even though it legally isn’t considered a shotgun. For our purposes, the Shockwave is nothing more than a Mossberg 500 shotgun with a Shockwave grip and a short barrel. First about the Mossberg 500 action generally, it’s a bit rough and clunky but super reliable.
Can I hunt with a Mossberg 88?
The Maverick will hunt most anything around you can buy a Mossberg 500 rifled slug barrel or just use a IC choke for deer hunting and for turkey i personally use the H.S.
Does the Mossberg 88 have a rifled barrel?
Mossberg Maverick 88 Slug Pump Shotgun -Slug model features a 3″, chamber, 6-shot capacity and an interchangeable fully rifled 24″, non-ported barrel with adjustable rifle sights. A blued metal finish and a rugged black synthetic stock and forearm are also included.
What is the difference between a Mossberg 500 and a maverick 88?
Maverick 88 shotguns feature a trigger guard-mounted cross-bolt safety as opposed to a top tang safety, which is used on the Mossberg 500 series. Maverick 88s are factory finished with steel bluing only, whereas Mossberg 500s have factory-blued, nickel-plated or parkerized (barrel/magazine) options.
What is the difference between the Mossberg 500 and 590?
All Mossbergs are built with the top-mounted safety lever for ambidextrous use and this Tactical model is equipped with an adjustable stock for rapid length of pull customization. The biggest difference between the Mossberg 500 Tactical and the 590 tactical is the shell capacity is larger in the 590 models.
What is the difference between Mossberg 590 and 590A1?
The only difference between the 590 and 590a1 is that the 590a1 has a thicker barrel, metal trigger group, and metal safety button.
