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That’s why a cylinder or improved cylinder choke is ideal for use with slugs. These types of chokes have a large enough diameter to shoot slugs without damaging the shotgun barrel or causing harm to the person firing.
What choke should I use for 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. It is not safe to shoot slugs through chokes tighter than those listed here.
Can you shoot slugs through a fixed full choke?
Rifled slugs will shoot out of a full choke without a problem. I have seen many slugs shot and many deer killed with full choked barrels and rifled slugs. I shot slugs out of a full choke 20 gauge for deer over a dozen years. I saw one 870 with choke tubes that was 18″ low at 50 yards with an improved cylinder choke.
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.
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 slugs through a turkey choke?
Rifled slugs are designed to pass through chokes, but turkey chokes are an exception. Do not shoot any other kind of slug besides a rifled slug through a tight choke.
Can you shoot a slug through a bird barrel?
28 inch barrel will shoot slug just fine; I used on in the field for hunting on my first hunting season.
Can you shoot slugs out of a Winchester SXP?
Yes, you can shoot rifled slugs thru a smooth bore barrel, but accuracy won’t be any better than shooting regular slugs. Best accuracy = rifled slugs thru a rifled barrel. If you remove the barrel on your gun and look down the bore, you can see the rifling swirls, if it’s a rifled barrel.
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?
Maximum effective range is limited as much by the slug’s rapid decay of energy and velocity as by its poor accuracy.” Published in 1964, the “Fact Book” states that a typical 12-gauge, 1-ounce slug traveling at 1560 fps loses 60 percent of its energy at 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.
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.
Can I shoot slugs through a Mossberg 500?
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.).
What is the best 12 gauge rifled slug?
2014’s Best Slugs For Deer Hunting Remington HyperSonic Slug. Kent Five-Star Rifled Deer Slug. Hornady American Whitetail Slug. Hornady Custom Lite Slug. D Dupleks Hexolit 32. Lightfield Hybred EXP. Wolf Power Rifled Slug. Winchester XP3 Sabot Slug.
Do rifled slugs damage 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.
Can you shoot buckshot through a turkey choke?
IMO turkey chokes are too tight for buckshot, gets the shot jammed up and distorts the pellet, making them not fly right and no pattern.
Can you shoot slugs out of an over under shotgun?
YES you can shoot slugs out of an over & under but use cylinder or improved cylinder choke tubes for best results using a smooth bore and rifled slugs.
Do you need a rifled barrel to shoot buckshot?
Super Moderator. 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.
What is a foster type slug?
A ‘Foster slug, invented by Karl M. Foster in 1931, and patented in 1947 (U.S. Patent 2,414,863) is a type of shotgun slug designed to be fired through a smoothbore shotgun barrel, even though it commonly labeled as a “rifled” slug. A rifled slug is for smooth bores and a sabot slug is for rifled barrels.
Can a 12 gauge shoot slugs?
When shot from a 12-gauge, these slugs can travel upward of 1500 fps. Oddly enough, rifled slugs are not recommended to be shot from a rifled barrel, as some in the ballistics community have raised concerns over lead fouling that can build up in the grooves.
