Mell Can you shoot slugs through a turkey barrel?
You can fire slugs through your barrel. I would recommend removing the turkey choke and replacing it with a less tightly choked one – do not fire without a tube in place. DO NOT shoot sabot slugs through a turkey choke.
Can you shoot slugs through extra full choke?
Yes, you can fire a slug through a full choke, and it’s relatively safe (ALWAYS read the ammunition advice). Rifled slugs can be designed to deform through the narrower choke, but will lose both power and accuracy relative to a cylinder or improved cylinder choke.
Can you shoot a slug through a skeet choke?
When shooting slugs, he prefers skeet chokes with 0.005 constriction. Concerning sabot slugs, he feels a fully rifled barrel is needed in order to stabilize the bullet–therefore, sabots are not suitable for use with choke tubes, smooth or rifled. A rifled-choke tube can improve accuracy.
Do I need a rifled barrel to shoot slugs?
A sabot slug is what you want to shoot out of a rifled barrel because the barrel will put the spin on the projectile. Because the barrel is rifled, the projectile does not need to be rifled. Because the barrel is smooth, the projectile will not rotate appropriately unless it has rifling on it.
Do you need a special barrel for rifled slugs?
Because the barrel is rifled, the projectile does not need to be rifled. A rifled slug is what you want to shoot out a smooth bore barrel. Because the barrel is smooth, the projectile will not rotate appropriately unless it has rifling on it.
Can a rifled slug be fired from a smooth bore barrel?
Rifled slugs are specifically designed to be fired from smooth bore barrels. The rifling on the slug does the job of the missing rifling in the smooth bore barrel. If you use a rifled slug in a rifled barrel, you run the risk of a thrown shot due to the different riflings counter-acting eachother.
Which is better rifled slugs or sabot slugs?
It’s common knowledge that rifled slugs are meant for use in smoothbore shotgun barrels, while rifled shotgun barrels and rifled choke tubes are meant to produce better results (meaning better accuracy) with sabot slugs, whose smooth outer surface can better engage the barrel’s rifling.
Why does my gun explode when I shoot sabot slugs?
Your gun won’t explode if you end up shooting sabot slugs out of a smooth bore barrel or, vice versa, if you shoot rifled slugs out of a rifled barrel. It just won’t be accurate. Your groupings will be all over the place because if you use the wrong type of slug, it could end up just tumbling end over end because it doesn’t have the proper spin.
What do you shoot out of a rifled barrel?
A sabot slug is what you want to shoot out of a rifled barrel because the barrel will put the spin on the projectile. Because the barrel is rifled, the projectile does not need to be rifled.