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Is it safe to shoot slugs down the barrel that is not open bore. I use the slugs in my short barrel for home defense, but would like to use them in my longer barrel for hunting.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 12:37 AM |
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You mean your barrel has a fixed choke to it? If it does, I wouldn't shoot slugs thru it.
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Depends on the slug and the choke of the gun....most foster type slugs can be safely used through any fixed choke, but usually do better with a more 'open' choke.....there are some slugs out there that need to be fired from a cylinder bore; they usually have a warning on the package that says something to that effect.
What type of slugs are you shooting, and what is the choke on the barrel?
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 01:40 AM |
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You can shoot RIFLED slugs through anything up to a modified choke. I've heard people shooting slugs out of a full choke but I would not take the chance. Just make sure they are rifled slugs. Any other slugs can be fired through anything up to improved cylinder. Your safe with rifled slugs. I recomend Remington 7/8oz slugger rifled slugs.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12th, 2009 07:27 AM |
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The rifled Foster slug can be fired through any choke up to Full. It's a hollow-base design, made to swage down. It shouldn't be fired in a back-bored barrel. There's a slight chance of it tipping and possibly lodging in one of them critters.
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Of course you can, I've done it for 30+ years.
Why are you using slugs for home defense?
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I have a modified, replaceable choke on my shotgun barrel. I'm using Winchester 3/4oz rifled slugs. I use a mixture of 7 1/2 bird shot and slugs in case of emergency.
Where I'm at, it is hard to find some 00 buck in 20 guage which is what Id prefer.
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Where I'm at, it is hard to find some 00 buck in 20 guage which is what Id prefer.
That's probably because no one makes a 20 gauge load with 00 buckshot....the biggest you're going to find is #3 buck.
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Federal still makes a couple of #2 Buck loads in 20 Gauge. Winchester used to make a #1 Buck load, maybe others did too, I disremember. #1 Buck is the largest shot that will layer in a 20 Gauge, and that only without a shotcup. Anything bigger, it fits in a sort of wobbly stack.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 17th, 2009 03:40 AM |
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I stand corrected, as usual.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 17th, 2009 12:21 PM |
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I didn't mean that exactly as a "correction" Those Federal loads aren't real common, and I haven't seen any #1 Buck loads in 20 Gauge for a long time. When it comes to any of the sub-gauges (I hate that term, just us it for wnat of anything better this early in the morning) good Buckshot loads are lacking. Probably the market isn't there, but a load of T or TT would make a good predator load.
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