Which slugs if any would be good for my gun?

[Pistolgrip Pump]

Hi,

I have a mossberg 590a1 with a 20" barrel and I believe it's a cylinder bore barrel? Sorry I'm new to the mechanics of these guns because its my first one. Its a smooth barrel and I've heard different things about the effectiveness of certain rounds through certain barrels. For example, a rifled barrel doesn't shoot buckshot very well? Will my barrel shoot slugs ok? Also aren't there two different kinds of slugs? Please help clarify this for me! Much appreciated

[Ribkick]

Remington Slugger is my go to slug for accuracy.

Here is a good Wiki on slugs with pictures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_slug

[Pistolgrip Pump]

Another noob question, what is a choke? Lol. Is it an aftermarket addition? Not sure how I can tell if mine has one and/or what kinds there are available.

[jaymz]

It's a tube that screws into the end of a shotgun barrel. It "chokes" the barrel diameter down. The smaller the diameter of the choke, the tighter your shot will pattern.

[repubconserv]

If your gun is a cylinder bore, that means there is no choke. You can have your barrel threaded to accept a choke. Barrels can also come with permanent chokes, this is common for the 28" mossberg 500 barrel

[EmptyMags]

A choke is where the interior diameter of a shotgun barrel gets smaller at the muzzle, to force the shot into a tighter bunch translating into smaller groupings of pellets. Some are built into the barrel, and some screw in and are interchangeable.
I would look up the exact model of shotgun you have to find if the barrel has a choke, I guess you could slug the barrel but there is probably a faster way than that. It might even be written somewhere on your barrel / gun.

Open choke is smooth with the rest of the barrel, full choke is maximum constriction of a couple millimeters in diameter. In between are modified, improved ext. Search for exact order its probably on Wikipedia.

[Pistolgrip Pump]

Oh ok thanks for the help! Yeah I don't think it has a choke. I just wanted to try some slugs out

[ROCKETW19]

If your barrell is smooth ( not rifled) you should use rifled slugs. This will improve acurracy. A riffled slug will have angled lines on the slug itself causing the slug to spin as it leave the barrell...

I use the sluggers alot for pratice at the range they are ok priced at wallmart 15 for 10$ my indoor range only goes to 25 and they work great to that distance.

[SocomM4]

Pretty much any rifled slug will be fine.

Sabot , not unless you have a rifled barrel.

[a1rfreshener]

winchester 3 inch slugs will be the most fun