What choke to use with a rifled slug?
What choke to use with a rifled slug?
Improved Cylinder choke
I assume that you’ll be shooting a Foster-style slug—one that has rifling. The conventional wisdom has long been that these slugs perform best with an Improved Cylinder choke.
Can you shoot rifled slugs through a full choke?
These should always be shot through rifled barrels. You can shoot them through a Cylinder barrel (no choke), but their accuracy loss doing so is considerable and sabot slugs are more expensive than Foster and Brenneke. At the very least, there should be a rifled extended choke on a smooth bore gun.
Are rifled choke tubes accurate?
It’s common knowledge that rifled slugs are meant for use in smoothbore shotgun barrels, while rifled shotgun barrels and rifled choke tubes are meant to produce better results (meaning better accuracy) with sabot slugs, whose smooth outer surface can better engage the barrel’s rifling.
Is it bad to shoot slugs out of a shotgun?
If a shotgun is safe to shoot, it is safe to fire a slug, with the exception of an uncommon choke known as Extra Full (turkey hunters) But do not expect the best accuracy with a full choke and a rifled slug. There ARE different slugs- perhaps the most common is the Foster slug.
Are rifled chokes worth it?
Why are there no deer slugs?
Iowa and Illinois are the last two states that are entirely slug-only.” The reason no one is coming up with new slugs and guns is that there isn’t much demand for them.
What is the best choke for Buckshot?
There is no “best choke” for buckshot, for a number of reasons. First off, the shooter may want his buckshot to hold a tight pattern, or to scatter widely at short range.
Which shotgun choke has the tightest shot pattern?
● Full – The full choke offers the tightest constriction to a shotgun. It can hold the shot pattern the longest. Because of this, this type of choke is the ideal choice when hunting turkey and squirrels. Specifically, you have to use this choke when you are shooting targets that are within the 40 to 45-yard range.
Which two shotgun chokes are best for hunting small?
The two shotgun chokes that are best for hunting small, fast, close birds are improved cylinder and modified. The cylinder is the most open shotgun choke. It has a minimal restriction which means that the bullet travels a bit slowly compared to the restricted ones.
What choke should I use to shoot trap?
A trap shooter shooting at distant targets might use 0.030 inches (0.76 mm) of constriction to produce a 30 inches (76 cm) diameter pattern at 40 yards (37 m). Special chokes for turkey hunting, which requires long range shots at the small head and neck of the bird, can go as high as 0.060 inches (1.5 mm).
