Would it damage my barrel to shoot a slug through it? It’s a fixed full choke. Would riffled be better than sabot or vice versa?
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Would it damage my barrel to shoot a slug through it? It’s a fixed full choke. Would riffled be better than sabot or vice versa?
I was advised against that by a gunsmith a few years ago.
I have a fixed full choke 12 gauge and have shot slugs through it no problem.
I would not shoot sabot, will not shoot any better then any regular slug, but will cost You double.
Not sure about potential damage.
Ask a gunsmith ,to be safe.
You can only shoot foster slugs through a full choke. There really isn't a difference in performance though.
Dumb question, but is foster a riffled slug? Or is it different
Smooth bores are not made for sabots. Foster and rifled slugs are one and the same. Generally cost about 10 bucks a box of 5.
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.
Thanks guys
There used to an urban legend that shooting slugs through a full choke tube would damage the choke and the threads. I inadvertently tried it and the tube and threads suffered no ill effects after five shots.
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.
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.