What choke to use when shooting slugs? (2023)

What size choke do you use for slugs?

The conventional wisdom has long been that these slugs perform best with an Improved Cylinder choke. Though ammunition is highly variable, and all guns digest ammunition a little differently than one another, I'd be inclined to start with an IC choke. If your accuracy with this choke is acceptable, stick with it.

It is not recommended. It is possible you will damage the barrel. The spiral lugs on "rifled slugs" are NOT there to impart spin. They are there to be squeezed down if someone fires a slug through a choked barrel.

Originally Answered: Is there any danger in shooting slugs thru a full choke barrel? No, as long as you're shooting pure lead slugs like the old Foster style slug. Lead is soft and will compress. I learned to shoot slugs with an old JC Witney 12 gauge bolt action with a full choke.

Many shotguns come standard with a smooth bore barrel because that's what you need to have to shoot shot (shells that have bbs or multiple projectiles – these are used in bird hunting and other sporting situations). In addition to shooting shot, you can also shoot slugs out of a smooth bore barrel.

Slugs, which contain only one projectile and usually exceed 0.36 inch in diameter, are controlled under the Firearms Act, and require a firearms certificate to possess, which is very strictly regulated.

The "NRA Firearms Fact Book" says: "Shotgun slugs should not be used at ranges greater than about 75 yards.

Originally Answered: can you fire a slug from a shotgun with a modified choke? Yeah you can do it, especially if using a sabot slug. Might be a little hard on the barrel if you do it a lot. I know a fellow that goes deer hunting with a Remington 870 with a 28″ modified choke barrel.

Full: This choke has tight constriction and a dense pattern, delivering approximately 70 percent of a shell's total pellets in a 30-inch circle at 40 yards. This choke is often used for trap shooting, waterfowl pass shooting, turkey hunting and buckshot loads.

A slug will generally penetrate deeper into a target than buckshot as it focuses all its energy into a smaller area. This can be a good or bad thing as shotgun slugs are known to over penetrate. For close range shots, buckshot is a better choice while slugs are more effective at longer distance shots.

What happens if you choke for too long?

A choking person's airway may be blocked so that not enough oxygen reaches the lungs. Without oxygen, brain damage can occur in as little as 4 to 6 minutes.

The most common reason to use a slug gun, a shotgun equipped for shooting solid projectiles, is because you are hunting in an area where high-powered rifles are not allowed.

Most all powders used in 2 3/4″ shells will achieve full velocity in a 20″ barrel. Some 3″ slugs may need up to a 24″ barrel to achieve max. Velocity. If they are fired in the shorter 20″barrel they could lose about 90 ft/sec.

Your expected range of accuracy for any box of slugs you grab in a store should be about 50 yards. This is an average range for the typical field gun with a smooth barrel and bead sight, shooting any brand of ammunition picked at random.

Buckshot remains the most commonly utilized police shotgun ammunition. The typical round of 2-3/4 inch 12 gauge buckshot contains 9 pellets approximately .

Rifled slug barrels are providing hunters the ability to consistently and accurately hit targets ethically out to 150 yards or more.

Slugs are only useful at short ranges because of their limited accuracy. A decent shooter should be able to get 3-inch groups at 50 yards with slugs. However, if you sight to hit dead-on at 50 yards, the slug will drop another five inches by the time it reaches 100 yards.

Slug guns must be zeroed (sighted-in) at a distance where the slug will impact the target while still in the supersonic phase of its flight. Most slugs become subsonic, travelling less than 1220 feet per second, slightly beyond a muzzle distance of 50 yards, thus making 50 yards the ideal zeroing distance.

Available in 1-ounce and 1-¼-ounce options, you'll be thrilled with the power these loads bring to the target. Federal slugs offer reliable performance for a palatable price. Average Range: Trajectory for a 50 yards zero with a sight height of 0.5 inches.

Can a 12 gauge slug hunt bear?

It is a common misconception that shotgun ammunition is a good way to chase away a bear. In reality, target or bird-hunting shot is an ineffective solution that often leads to unnecessary outcomes. Bears have relatively thin skin and shotgun ammunition can be extremely harmful and even lethal.

Modified choke has moderate constriction. The pellets stay together longer, making the shot string denser and more useful at longer ranges. This choke is used often when dove hunting and when using steel shot to hunt for ducks or geese.

No. The “rifling” is there to allow the slug to deform enough to pass thru a choke and does not interact with a smooth barrel in any significant way.

First off, the shooter may want his buckshot to hold a tight pattern, or to scatter widely at short range. I hunt deer with a full choke using buckshot, because most of the time, full choke will deliver the tightest pattern at long ( for buckshot ) ranges.

The choke usually "chokes" the air supply into the engine so it gets more petrol than usual. Hence it's name. You should start the bike from cold with half or full choke depending on how cold it is. After 30 seconds is usually enough for most bikes.

The notches indicate the choke tube constriction. A lower notch count means more constriction (tighter). A higher notch count means less constriction. 1 notch = Full. 2 notches = Improved modified.

These chokes are recommended for steel shot: 3 notches = Modified. 4 notches = Improved cylinder. 5 notches = Cylinder.

In certain models, shooting steel shot may cause a slight “ring bulge” just inches behind the muzzle or irreversible damage or harm to the shooter depending on the firearm, Browning says. Winchester recommends avoiding use of steel shot through any firearms with a full choke.

Can you use slugs with a modified choke?

Originally Answered: can you fire a slug from a shotgun with a modified choke? Yeah you can do it, especially if using a sabot slug. Might be a little hard on the barrel if you do it a lot. I know a fellow that goes deer hunting with a Remington 870 with a 28″ modified choke barrel.

Yes, any shotgun may be used for slugs. Some manufacturers of older shotguns with FULL chokes built in recommended against the use of slugs, but most did not. I've used slugs in shotguns with built in Full Chokes, numerous times, without any problem.

12 gauge slug diameter is 0.79″ which is 20 mm (20.066 mm).

These natural baits include dead plant parts. You could use these: plants that slugs love. Since harmful slugs – such as the Spanish slug – have a similar taste to humans, you can also use vegetable leftovers from the kitchen. For example, old salad leaves, cucumber, or squash are a safe way to attract slugs.

No. You can shoot slugs thru any modern shotgun chambered for that size shell or cartridge so long as it is modified choke or cylinder bore, which means the slug will pass freely down the length of the barrel.

A centerfire bullet can travel several miles. Small shot can travel 200–350 yards. Larger shot can travel over 600 yards. Slugs can travel over 800 yards.

Slugs and snails hide in damp places during the day. They stay under logs and stones or under ground cover. They also hide under planters and low decks. At night they come out to eat.

Vertebrate predators of snails and slugs include shrews, mice, squirrels, and other small mammals; salamanders, toads and turtles, including the uncommon Blandings Turtle Emydoidea blandingii; and birds, especially ground-foragers such as thrushes, grouse, blackbirds, and wild turkey.

Slugs and snails are very important. They provide food for all sorts of mammals, birds, slow worms, earthworms, insects and they are part of the natural balance. Upset that balance by removing them and we can do a lot of harm. Thrushes in particular thrive on them!