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Originally Posted by kk1
You chase after the ducks? Once you learn to lead the birds, the deer are the same .
As for the buckshot I bet most of the wounded deer you see are from bad shots. People shooting way to far out taking 70 yard shots , many cant tell the difference between 20 and 30 yard . So the same People thinking a 50 yard shot could be closer to 70.
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The buckshot debate continues every fall .....
One question, and I apologize if it was asked/answered earlier, does anybody shoot 00 or 000 buck thru full chokes ? Will I damage my interchangeable chokes ? I also have a different style removable full choke on the 24” turkey barrel (Mossberg combo).... always thought that nice short barrel would be good in the bush but not sure about putting buckshot through it ?
I will be using sabots next week, but I do keep some buckshot around if I ever had to deal with a problem bear etc
If your shooting Sabots than you obviously have a slug barre, therefore do not shoot buckshot or regular slugs through the slug barrel
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Originally Posted by 73hunter
I use a extended choke in my 870 that is .675"( that is 5 thousandths of an inch bigger then a 16 gauge). The longer taper of the extended choke works fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by 73hunter
Just ask Line052...it makes nice tight holes at 20 yards.
If you have a full ckoke you should have no worries. Patten the gun, and use a smooth bore. Like GW says, rifled barrels are for slugs only.
Hunter John here has been successfully using Buckshot with his smoothbore for years..no problem :)
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No need for me to shoot at a running deer. If i cant kill it clean i wont shoot. I diasgree with the spray and pray approach on whitetails. Nothing beats a well placed slug or sabot for a quick/clean kill.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishfood
Yea we get it, good for you....Quote:
Originally Posted by kk1
...but there are other hunters that hunt they way they do and you shouldn't be judging them.
Ok, so you have a smooth bore barrel or a rifled barrel? If you are shooting sabots those should not be shot through a chokes smooth bore barrel.Quote:
Originally Posted by 73hunter
As for buckshot through a full choke, it is lead shot, it is designed to shoot through a choke but you will not know how it patterns until you shoot it at paper to find out.
There are buckshot specific chokes but until you actually shoot what you have then you will have nothing to compare to, a full choke may not pattern as tight as a modified in your gun.
Why not? I have a rifled barrel that will produce one ragged hole at 50yds with attached wad rifled slugs. Taken my share of big deer with that combo in 72A. Could not find a sabot load i was truely happy with when i switched to a rifled barrel and found a certain type of rifled slug that grouped best. I dont have the extended range i wanted with a sabot, but i can live with itQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Yes, you can shoot whatever through a rifled barrel, you will not hurt it, but go out and pattern buckshot through a rifled slug barrel.Quote:
Originally Posted by canadaman30
You can shoot regular soft lead slugs through a rifled barrel, but at high velocity with no gas check you can get significant leading in the rifling and essentially turn your rifled barrel into a smooth bore, if it groups well then fine but it is not the intended purpose of the barrel.