6.5/284matt
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Can you shoot slugs through a ordinary barrel with cylinder choke or does it have to be a special barrel?
cheers. Matt.
cheers. Matt.
Yes you can shoot slug through an ordinary barrel.
Poor answer (what's a ordinary barrel ) full choke , three quarter choke ,half choke , quarter choke, improved cylinder ,there all ordinary barrels ,but I wouldn't put a sold slug through three chokes .
Acurracy with information like this could just save someone's life .
Look above it's been discussed recently. Brenneke slugs are designed to pass through any choke.
By ordinary barrel I meant the one supplied with the gun.
How does that work then? all the factory ammo that i've bought carry a warning against using heavy choke, as far as i understand it (correct me if i'm wrong) the tighter the choke the more the restriction at the muzzle ? so how does a breneke fit through a hole significantly smaller than its diameter?Look above it's been discussed recently. Brenneke slugs are designed to pass through any choke.
Read through the link for Brenneke type slugs. Mention is also made in the previous posts about other types of slug e.g. sabot type which is really intended for use in cylinder barrels especially rifled barrels which are something rarely encountered in this country due to restrictive legislation. I used to shoot slug through a cylinder choked multi choke shotgun.
Doesnt make sense 99% of shotguns come with choked barrels or multi chokes from full through to improved cylinder , cylinder is very rare in shotguns these days .
I was referring to the barrel it's self not specifically the choke/muzzle. I didn't know if you needed a slug barrel that had thicker walls.
I was referring to the barrel it's self not specifically the choke/muzzle. I didn't know if you needed a slug barrel that had thicker walls.
Not so sure about saboted slugs through a tight choke WS they are something that I have avoided because they tend to work best through unchoked rifle barrels. I do use the Lee slug in conventional plastic wads so I suppose in a way you could describe them as saboted but I was refering more to the factory sabot slugs.