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.
What shotgun choke can you shoot slugs through?
It’s important to select a choke tube with little to no constriction. That’s why a cylinder or improved cylinder choke is ideal for use with slugs. These types of chokes have a large enough diameter to shoot slugs without damaging the shotgun barrel or causing harm to the person firing.
Can you shoot slugs through a fixed choke?
Yes, you can, depending on the slug. The ribs on some rifled slugs are made to crush when they hit the choke.
Can you shoot a rifled slug through a smoothbore shotgun?
Yep, that’s what rifled slugs are designed for. The sabot slugs are for rifled barrel shotguns. As stated, rifled Foster slugs are meant for smoothbore barrels.
Are rifled slugs accurate?
Rifled slugs do cause the projectile to spin, but it’s not enough to create a noticeable gain in accuracy. It’s commonly assumed that because rifled slugs have angled grooves (and because the word “rifle” is in the name) they create the same type of spin that makes rifling so accurate. This is simply not true.
Do rifled slugs damage barrel?
In almost all cases, you should only use rifled slugs in smoothbore barrels. It’s counter-intuitive to what the “rifled” slug name suggests and while it may not be a catastrophic failure, you could damage the grooves in your rifled shotgun barrel.
Can you shoot a slug through a modified choke?
Conventional Forster Rifled Slugs are safe to fire in any degree of choke.
What choke should you use when shooting slugs?
These chokes are recommended for slugs: A cylinder choke is recommended for shooting rifled slugs in a smooth-bore barrel. Sabot slugs should only be shot through our fully-rifled slug barrels. It is not safe to shoot slugs through chokes tighter than those listed here.
What choke tube to use with slugs?
Slug-gun expert Jeff from NJ says you can shoot the same ammo in a rifled barrel or one with a rifled choke tube. However, due to the shorter length of rifling associated with using the choke tube, it is generally best to use slugs that are the least dependent on a fast spin to achieve their accuracy.
Do you use a choke with a rifled shotgun barrel?
You can use the choke to fire the shots from a bead sighted shotgun in the same way as that of the rifle . It can easily fire several Foster slug varieties even when the choke is designed for rifled slug barrels. Various shot groups can be further tightened with the choke with the Remington slugs.
