I have been shooting non-rifled and Challenger rifled slugs through a fixed full choke in the same gun for 3 decades now without issue. Have also used both in a gun with interchangeable tubes using full choke.
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I have been shooting non-rifled and Challenger rifled slugs through a fixed full choke in the same gun for 3 decades now without issue. Have also used both in a gun with interchangeable tubes using full choke.
Lead is a soft metal and under heat and pressure will compress when traveling thru the end of the barrel where the choke restriction takes place otherwise there would be a lot of useless Full Choke barrels on the market but as warned already do not use steel ammunition it doesn't compress well and could bulge your barrel or worse ! Sabots are designed for use in Fully Rifled barrels and have no accuracy when used in a Smoothbore barrel. I find rifled slugs like Brennekes or Challengers to be fairly accurate out to approx. 50-60 yards which for deer hunting in the bush is just fine because most times your shots are closer.
i shoot steel through my 40 year old winchester all the time. No problems so farQuote:
Slugs have been used in full chokes for longer than I've been alive. Sabots would be of no use in a smoothbore and steel shot is a no no.
Unless it is a Modified Choke you are really playing with fire. I posted some pics on here years ago of the firearm a kid I was mentoring used against my wishes. He was very lucky he wasn't injured or killed. The seller of the gun said the exact same thing as you just did.
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Originally Posted by redd foxx
Rifled slugs are made of soft lead and have a hollow base that swells to fit into the bore.
All we had growing up was shotguns with 30 inch full chokes and we killed many deer with Rifled slugs.