If I can do I need a special slug and do I need to remove the choke? Thanks for your help
2007-11-29 14:38:22 · 6 answers · asked by dustin b 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Yes, you can fire a slug through a choked barrel as long as it's a soft lead Foster-type slug or "rifled slug". With anything but a "cylinder" or "improved cylinder" choke, your accuracy will suck, though.
Contrary to what a lot of folks will tell you, "rifled slugs" were actually designed the way they are to allow them to be used safely in barrels with chokes. The "rifling" on them is actually raised lead ridges that are meant to swage down to fit through the choke, whatever it might be. If the slug were solid lead, it could easily split the barrel when it hits the choke instead of squashing down and flying downrange.
When a "rifled slug" hits the choke, though, it *does* squish down....and that's the reason you should use as open a choke as possible when firing them. Squishing them to fit through a choke makes one side inevitably heavier than the other and it causes the slug to become unstable thus ruining any accuracy it might have had. The tighter the choke, the more squishing, the worse it flies.
You can go to your local Walmart and buy an "improved cylinder" or simply "cylinder" choke tube and be fine. It'll protect your threads just fine. You can then fire any "rifled slug" you want and have decent accuracy as far as Foster slugs go.
You can also purchase a "rifled choke tube" for your weapon that will allow you to use any sabot slug on the market. That 2" of rifling can add 100 yards to an accurate slug shot. A rifled choke tube is *far* cheaper than a rifled barrel! Rifled choke tubes work *best* for lower velocity slugs, but they work for *all* sabot slugs.
2007-11-30 17:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by randkl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have used my 12 gauge smooth bore just fine with rifled slugs. You can use any choke, but improved cylinder yields the best accuracy. I would not remove the choke as it will leave the threads exposed, and the slug can then scrape them and maybe mess them up.
Upgrading to a rifled barrel will allow you to use sabot slugs instead of rifled slugs. Sabots are more accurate.
2007-11-29 18:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by cholsin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you had an adjustable Poly-Choke installed on the end of your Shotgun you could, because you can go from improved cylinder to Modified to Full Choke with a twist of your wrist.** A competent Gunsmith can install the Poly-Choke on your Shotgun.*
2007-12-01 03:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The choke constricts the pattern of the shot, so it is not advisable. Use a barrel with a cylinder bore, or improved cylinder bore.
2007-11-29 23:40:58 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a good idea to fire a rifled slug thru ANY shotgun barrel with a choke or external adjustable choke. Slugs should only be fired thru an Improved Cylinder (IC) choke. If you were to remove the choke your accuracy would likely suffer, as shotguns were not designed to shoot without their chokes installed. (Regular Lead Shot that is). You would do well to use another shotgun or borrow one.......
2007-11-29 15:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by JD 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No. Do not fire slugs through a non-rifled barrel.
2007-11-29 15:20:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋