rifled shotgun barrel?

[broox]

If a shotgun has a "rifled" barrel, can you shoot:

A. rifled slugs

B. Sabot slugs

C. birdshot and buckshot

D. any combination of the above?

E. some particular combination of above?

Just wondering cause there is a shotgun in the classifieds that says it has a rifled barrel. Thanks

[Guest bkelm18]

You can shoot whatever you want out of it, but a rifled barrel will throw your buckshot wild causing them to be much less accurate.

[Guest Papabear]

You can shoot whatever you want out of it, but a rifled barrel will throw your buckshot wild causing them to be much less accurate.

Do not shoot steel shot out of a rifled barrel it can damage the rifling . Any lead shot will do no harm but as stated it will not pattern worth anything.

[broylz]

rifled barrels are best with sabot slugs. smoothbore for everything else.

[Oh Shoot]

rifled barrels are best with sabot slugs. smoothbore for everything else.

This. It's the only good reason for rifled shotgun barrels.

Depending on distance and size shot, it's actually possible to completely encircle your target with regular shot out of rifled barrel, leaving center area virtually or completely untouched.

Rifled slugs out of rifled barrel confuses everything, double whammy weird mojo.

- OS

Edited April 10, 2012 by OhShoot

[Guest USMC 2013]

If a shotgun has a "rifled" barrel, can you shoot:

A. rifled slugs

B. Sabot slugs

C. birdshot and buckshot

D. any combination of the above?

E. some particular combination of above?

Just wondering cause there is a shotgun in the classifieds that says it has a rifled barrel. Thanks

Only shoot sabot slugs out of a rifled barrel. Anything else can potentially hurt you, or damage the barrel. FWIW, the I have a rifled barrel for my Mossberg and it shoots the Fusion Sabot Slugs in 1.5" groups at 100 yds. You can find very accurate rifled barrels for shotguns that really payoff if you hunt anywhere that is shotgun only.

Depending on the make/model getting a smooth barrel specific for waterfowl, turkey or general use can be as cheap as $125 new. HTH, Semper Fi,

Joe

[mudstud]

does any one know if they make a choke that i can

put in my winchester 20g and shoot slugs.Someone

told me they made such a thing but have not found

one yet.

[Oh Shoot]

does any one know if they make a choke that i can

put in my winchester 20g and shoot slugs.Someone

told me they made such a thing but have not found

one yet.

You mean a rifled choke to shoot sabot slugs, or what?

- OS

Edited April 11, 2012 by OhShoot

[mudstud]

I was told that there was a choke that i could place in my 20g winchester

and shoot slugs for deer hunting.I am looking for a 30/06 or 7mag to

take care of this.I am just getting into deer hunting. I took my 20g out

this past year pulled the choke out and shoot two does with no choke

at all i told a good friend about this and he said with no choke!!!! you just

killed your threads too. But I was lucky and the threads where fine.It is

back to rabbits for it for now.But if there was such a choke that i could

use i would pick one up.The number one place where I hunt the 20g is

all I need close range for sure.Hope to get to go down to west TN this year

more and hunt.

[Oh Shoot]

I was told that there was a choke that i could place in my 20g winchester

and shoot slugs for deer hunting.I am looking for a 30/06 or 7mag to

take care of this.I am just getting into deer hunting. I took my 20g out

this past year pulled the choke out and shoot two does with no choke

at all i told a good friend about this and he said with no choke!!!! you just

killed your threads too. But I was lucky and the threads where fine.It is

back to rabbits for it for now.But if there was such a choke that i could

use i would pick one up.The number one place where I hunt the 20g is

all I need close range for sure.Hope to get to go down to west TN this year

more and hunt.

Look. You can shoot rifled slugs through your smoothbore gun now. Generally best with wider chokes like cylinder, improved cylinder, maybe up to modified, but not unsafe even with full choke, it's just that accuracy will generally suffer with tighter chokes. Yes, it's important to keep some kind of choke in a choked barrel all the time to protect threads in barrel, regardless of what round you're shooting.

Yes, they make rifled chokes for shooting sabot slugs through smoothbores; no idea if they make one for your model gun. Nobody seems to much rave about their superior accuracy though, actual rifled barrel seems far superior, seems regular rifled slug will do about as well.

To repeat, you can shoot rifled slugs through your normally choked shottie as is, especially if it has modified or wider choke in there.

Perhaps you are just unclear about the difference between rifled (Foster) and sabot slugs?

- OS

Edited April 11, 2012 by OhShoot

[nightrunner]

I was told that there was a choke that i could place in my 20g winchester

and shoot slugs for deer hunting.I am looking for a 30/06 or 7mag to

take care of this.I am just getting into deer hunting. I took my 20g out

this past year pulled the choke out and shoot two does with no choke

at all i told a good friend about this and he said with no choke!!!! you just

killed your threads too. But I was lucky and the threads where fine.It is

back to rabbits for it for now.But if there was such a choke that i could

use i would pick one up.The number one place where I hunt the 20g is

all I need close range for sure.Hope to get to go down to west TN this year

more and hunt.

Get an open cylinder choke for shooting slugs.

[mudstud]

Thanks guys

[broylz]

i have shot rifled slugs through a modified choke and its ok for some of them but an IC choke typically does better.

[DaveS]

I was told that there was a choke that i could place in my 20g winchester

and shoot slugs for deer hunting.I am looking for a 30/06 or 7mag to

take care of this.I am just getting into deer hunting. I took my 20g out

this past year pulled the choke out and shoot two does with no choke

at all i told a good friend about this and he said with no choke!!!! you just

killed your threads too. But I was lucky and the threads where fine.It is

back to rabbits for it for now.But if there was such a choke that i could

use i would pick one up.The number one place where I hunt the 20g is

all I need close range for sure.Hope to get to go down to west TN this year

more and hunt.

An "improved cylinder" shoots slugs really well. A modified choke will work in a pinch. Instead of a 30-06 or 7mm mag, think smaller, lighter and more user friendly. Get you a rifle where ammo and recoil doesn't beat you and your wallet to death. You'll be able to shoot and enjoy much more!