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Offline Cowboybart

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Slugs and choke tubes
« on: March 12, 2009, 08:53:19 AM »
Can slugs be shot in a shotgun w/ a turkey choke tube?? 
Will shooting a slug w/o any tube damage the threads in the barrel??
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Re: Slugs and choke tubes
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 10:14:44 AM »
Quote from: Cowboybart on March 12, 2009, 08:53:19 AM
Can slugs be shot in a shotgun w/ a turkey choke tube?? 
Will shooting a slug w/o any tube damage the threads in the barrel??

The constriction on a turkey choke tube is very tight and NO I wouldn't shoot a slug through it.

And yes, shooting a slug w/o a tube in it will damage the threads in the barrel.

If you want to shoot slugs, you need an improved cylinder choke tube (some shoot well with a modified choke tube) or a rifled choke tube for saboted ammo.  IF, your barrel is backbored (and many shotgun barrels are today), you shouldn't shoot slugs in the barrel regardless of choke.

Jim
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Re: Slugs and choke tubes
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 10:15:22 AM »
You probably could shoot thru a turkey choke but I wouldn't do it. The slug will be squeezed down and deformed so much that accuracy will probably be terrible.And yes  , shooting anything thru a shotgun barrel without a choke tube in place will damage the threads. For slugs a cilinder bore or improved cilinder choke is recomendsd.
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Re: Slugs and choke tubes
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 01:44:49 PM »
Glad I asked first, Thanx
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