Due to the methods used to produce the newer shotgun barrels on assembly line repeaters the modified choke will many times shoot a tighter pattern than a full choke. The bigger the shot the more noticeable it is. I don’t know if this is true with screw in chokes. The little experience I’ve had with screw ins has been with super full type turkey chokes for shot. They don’t work well for Buck.
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You know, Every gun is different. Usually an open choke shoots slugs best. But I have had a couple full chokes that shot them really well. But the extra length didn't work well for quick shooting in the thick stuff...and at those ranges it really didn't matter anyway. My cousin had a Model 12 full choke we put a scope on for his sitting in a stand gun. It was easily a 125 yard shooter with foster slugs. So just saying check what you have and how it shoots. Buckshot is in another world of it' own. My Benelli is a slug gun and it shoots #4 buck pretty darn well out to about 40 yds then quickly opens up. I use it for a house gun and for yotes around the house. I've never used it with larger buck as I really have no need. Longer than 50 yds I'll use a rifle. I used an 11-87 with Briley screw chokes...and yes it was a factory bbl..and with an Imp Mod choke it shot lead BBs T and #4 buck really great. . On my better days shooting geese 90 yds or a little better was doable. I had a friend who was/is a GREAT field shot that killed passing geese with my Ithaca Mag 10 at 100 yds with great regularity. So every gun is a bit different. Slugs still are not a great load for a house gun. esp in a pump gun. The Benelli will shoot em all in about 6-7seconds...but it is hard on your shoulder...and you really have to hold it. That is one quick semi auto
I have never seen the inside of a house where slugs were used in HD mode In 60s I was in a house that owner awoke to burglars. This old dude had a 401 Win deer rifle. I think it only holds 5 but he made a mess out of his house. It was unbelievable and burglars got away. A 401 does a job when it goes through a wall then into kitchen cabinets full of dishes.
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Slugs have a lot of penetration for HD!
Putting it another way, I hope my next door neighbor isn’t using them.
I live in a Patio Home which Is pretty close to the next one.
Putting it another way, I hope my next door neighbor isn’t using them.
I live in a Patio Home which Is pretty close to the next one.
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Our bear control officers in AK (US Fish and Wildlife) use Brenneke slugs.
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My one experience with a slug fired off inside a house was a suicide. 12 gauge Mossberg Cruiser under the chin, Remington Wal Mart variety slug, spectacular results. The slug went through one head, one ceiling panel and some insulation, and stopped before exiting the roof. It did make a lump I could see from the outside. The suicide was not in question so we just left the slug in place. No sense adding a leaky roof to their woes.
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An interesting note about the Foster-style "rifled" slugs. Most folks assume the spiraled lead projections on these slugs are intended to impart a spin, but any spin they create is purely incidental. As already mentioned, the nose-heavy "shuttlecock" design is the source of the slug's stability; the "rifling" projections simply allow a slug to be centered in the bore, yet safely compress and exit through a choke without causing damage. Cylinder bore is usually recommended for slugs, but Foster slugs can be safely fired even through a full choke, and accuracy with some choke can sometimes be very impressive.
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I’ve had good luck with Foster slugs and improved cylinder chokes. Like 3 inch groups at 75 yards. With extended rifled chokes I can extend that to 100. My next experiment will be Federal Tru Ball Deep Penetrating slugs. Less recoil and deeper penetration both a good thing. Only thing I’d be using slugs on is wild boar and cars
Out of the box, Ithaca 37 Slug Guns were the best for accuracy. Second was Brn A5. Every thing else was individual gun. In guns with quick change barrels the fit of one barrel to the action is critical. When making slug guns the older model guns with no detachable barrels tended to shoot better. Guns like M25 Win and Hi-Std solid frame models made good ones.
I have seen standard hunting shotguns of all chokes that would shoot a slug right over the bead front. They are few and far between.
I have seen standard hunting shotguns of all chokes that would shoot a slug right over the bead front. They are few and far between.
I talked with a Remington engineer about the slugs. He said some do a bit. And then some don't. He also told me even if they do spin it won't be enough to make them more accurate. So some do ...some don't... some will... some won't... this one might. As far as rifled bbls and foster slugs I wouldn't do it. They are so soft they lead the bore something fierce. I once bought an 1100 rifled bbl from LLBean's returned store. I paid 25 dollars. It had no real discernable rifling to speak of. When I got done cleaning it, the bbl was fully rifled and shot sabots just fine. I got the lead out using mercury. Weighing all it seems there was an ounce of lead plating the inside of that bbl. I shot fosters out of rifled choke bbls and they didn't do all that well with them and only somewhat more accurately with sabots. When it came to the Ithaca slug guns and the Browning buck bbls I think the main thing they had in their favor was the fact they had good rifle sights. Most slug shooters never shot much more than a 100 yards anyway...most much less. I do think Ithaca did some work finding the right amount of choke to use with the foster slugs though
did you ever see how much stuff a slug can go through?
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