Shooting slug

[Dsal_13]

Can you guys help me understand this..

I have a mossberg 500.. with an 18in cylinder bore.

Can I shoot slugs through here or not? And if I cant is there a way I can?

Thanks

[negolien]

Yes, why wouldn't you be able too? Just because it's not rifled or a 28" barrel means only that it won't be as accurate at a longer range.

[Dsal_13]

Sorry.. I am new at this so I didnt know

[ziconceo]

Can you guys help me understand this..

I have a mossberg 500.. with an 18in cylinder bore.

Can I shoot slugs through here or not? And if I cant is there a way I can?

Thanks

You are good to go I've fired slugs through mine and even used the cut shells through it with no problems ever.

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[amishfarmer]

Just double check on the barrel and make sure it says. cylinder bore. It should I have exactly the same thing...

Also hang on to her...she'll kick a lil bit.

[midlife]

I'm new too. What shotguns can't shoot slugs?

[renardsubtil]

It's not that shotguns can't it's a) whether the slugs will be accurate and b) what choke is being used...generally CYL choke is best and depending on if your shotgun barrel has rifling, you normally want a rifled slug for non-rifled barrels (if the barrel is smooth inside, it's not rifled).

[amishfarmer]

Almost all shotguns can shoot slugs......not all barrells can shoot slugs....unless it says cylinder bore or has a slug choke or the barrell is rifled for slugs it can shoot slugs....
Check here for more info

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

or just google it yourself and do it yourself research.

[Dsal_13]

Almost all shotguns can shoot slugs......not all barrells can shoot slugs....unless it says cylinder bore or has a slug choke or the barrell is rifled for slugs it can shoot slugs....
Check here for more info

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

or just google it yourself and do it yourself research.

Thanks for the help there... I obviously know that I can do my own research.. but this is a forum so it doesent hurt to ask people if they already know the answer. I didnt say hey everyone... go research for me if I can shoot slugs. But thanks tho

[amishfarmer]

No problem.....

[gun toting monkeyboy]

Almost all shotguns can shoot slugs......not all barrells can shoot slugs....unless it says cylinder bore or has a slug choke or the barrell is rifled for slugs it can shoot slugs....
Check here for more info

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

or just google it yourself and do it yourself research.

Methinks you are saying it wrong. I am not exactly sure what you are trying to communicate here, but you can generally shoot any slug out of any shotgun, assuming that it does not have a choke tighter than "full". You don't need a cylinder bore. You don't need any special choke. You don't even need a rifled bore for sabots. Here are the basics:

Slugs in anything all the way down to "full" choke. "How can that be?" I'm glad you asked. Ammunition makers are very leery of lawsuits. And they know that no amount of warnings on the box will EVER stop morons from dumping any old load into their guns. They also know that shotguns have been around in their current configuration for over 150 years. And that the choke on shotguns has always been more of a suggestion than a specific fixed diameter. What is considered to be "Improved" on one brand of shotgun could very well be "Modified" on another. So what do they do to avoid people blowing themselves up? They make the slug one full bore size smaller. Hence a 12 gauge shotgun slug shell uses a 13 gauge slug. A 20 gauge slug shell has a 21 gauge slug in it, and so on. The same goes for sabot rounds. The plastic sabot that fits around the metal slug will fit through just about any regular choke. There are exceptions to this, of course. There are many specialty chokes out there that are tighter than full choke. But you actually have to go buy these and put them in yourself. They assume that if you are bright enough to do that, you won't be stupid enough to run a slug through it. Also realize that while the slugs will fit through the tighter chokes, you are likely to have poorer accuracy than if you used either a cylinder bore or an improved cylinder bore.

What kind of slugs you use also depends on which barrel you have. Generally speaking, if your bore has rifling in it, you want to use a sabot round. These have a plastic sabot that fits around the metal core. The plastic will engage the rifling in the barrel, and give the projectile spin, just like a rifle round. If you have a smooth bore barrel, you want to use a rifled slug. Meaning a slug that has rifling molded into the projectile itself. Instead of getting its spin from the barrel, it gets spin from the airflow over spiral grooves in the slug. With all that being said, you can use both kinds of slugs in either barrel. Your accuracy will suffer, but neither will damage the shotgun or its barrel.

-Mb

[diverwcw]

Center Mass

You are good to go. I took a shotgun class at Front Sight a couple of months ago and shot slugs from 50 yards off hand. The shotgun I used was a Remington 870 with 18 1/2" barrel with the bead front sight. No optics were used. Two of the shots were touching one another and the third was about 4 inches to the right of the group. Slugs can be devastatingly accurate.

[Dsal_13]

Methinks you are saying it wrong. I am not exactly sure what you are trying to communicate here, but you can generally shoot any slug out of any shotgun, assuming that it does not have a choke tighter than "full". You don't need a cylinder bore. You don't need any special choke. You don't even need a rifled bore for sabots. Here are the basics:

Slugs in anything all the way down to "full" choke. "How can that be?" I'm glad you asked. Ammunition makers are very leery of lawsuits. And they know that no amount of warnings on the box will EVER stop morons from dumping any old load into their guns. They also know that shotguns have been around in their current configuration for over 150 years. And that the choke on shotguns has always been more of a suggestion than a specific fixed diameter. What is considered to be "Improved" on one brand of shotgun could very well be "Modified" on another. So what do they do to avoid people blowing themselves up? They make the slug one full bore size smaller. Hence a 12 gauge shotgun slug shell uses a 13 gauge slug. A 20 gauge slug shell has a 21 gauge slug in it, and so on. The same goes for sabot rounds. The plastic sabot that fits around the metal slug will fit through just about any regular choke. There are exceptions to this, of course. There are many specialty chokes out there that are tighter than full choke. But you actually have to go buy these and put them in yourself. They assume that if you are bright enough to do that, you won't be stupid enough to run a slug through it. Also realize that while the slugs will fit through the tighter chokes, you are likely to have poorer accuracy than if you used either a cylinder bore or an improved cylinder bore.

What kind of slugs you use also depends on which barrel you have. Generally speaking, if your bore has rifling in it, you want to use a sabot round. These have a plastic sabot that fits around the metal core. The plastic will engage the rifling in the barrel, and give the projectile spin, just like a rifle round. If you have a smooth bore barrel, you want to use a rifled slug. Meaning a slug that has rifling molded into the projectile itself. Instead of getting its spin from the barrel, it gets spin from the airflow over spiral grooves in the slug. With all that being said, you can use both kinds of slugs in either barrel. Your accuracy will suffer, but neither will damage the shotgun or its barrel.

-Mb

I appreciate your lengthy response brother. Thank you

[E Michael]

Is the slug making you fearful for you life?

[Dsal_13]

Is the slug making you fearful for you life?

Something like that