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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. If your accuracy with this choke is acceptable, stick with it. If it doesn’t, experiment with other chokes until you find the one that performs best.
Can you shoot a slug with a choke in?
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.
What is the best choke for a slug?
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 a rifled slug through a 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.
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.
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.
Can you shoot a rifled slug through a smoothbore shotgun?
You can do it. A full-bore slug shot through a rifled barrel will extend its range a little but the resulting layers of lead left in the rifling is not worth all the time spend in cleaning the barrel. There are some rifled choke tubes being made now that allows you to effectively shoot sabots from a smoothbore.
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.
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 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 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 you shoot slugs out of 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. Rifling stabilizes a slug through contact with the sabot.
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.
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 a shotgun shoot slugs and buckshot?
Yes, and with sabots or rifled slugs, the more “open” the choke tube, the better the accuracy (“Improved Cylinder” recommended.) The “full” or “modified” choke tubes are preferred for buckshot loads.
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.
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.
What’s the best slug gun on the market?
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.
Are Brenneke slugs any good?
A Brenneke slug is a big, heavy projectile ballistically similar to a large musket ball. That big lump of lead has proven itself to be an efficient stopper and it inspires confidence if the critter you are stalking is big and might just turn grumpy.
What is the most powerful shotgun slug?
Most powerful slugs in either 12 gauge, or 20 gauge, are Dixie Slugs. It is a modern reintroduction of the old cordite-powered Paradox Loads, good for everything from pigs to pachyderms.
What is the heaviest shotgun slug?
It is our hardest hitting slug, delivering a tremendous force of more than 3.800 ft/lbs. So the name Crush comes obvious. The Magnum Crush™ is designed for 3” rifled barrels. It weights a full 1½ ounce / 666 grains.
