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870 questions
- Thread starter CraZkid
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Edward429451
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Yes and yes.
Ummm...
How come you want a rifled barrel? Planning to shoot a lot of sabot slugs?
Otherwise you'd be better off with a smoothbore barrel with rifle sights- it'll throw much better shot patterns (rifled shotgun barrels shoot doughnut shaped patterns with shot). And if you need to shoot slugs, Foster type slugs or Brennekes will do pretty well out of most smoothbore barrels.
lpl/nc
How come you want a rifled barrel? Planning to shoot a lot of sabot slugs?
Otherwise you'd be better off with a smoothbore barrel with rifle sights- it'll throw much better shot patterns (rifled shotgun barrels shoot doughnut shaped patterns with shot). And if you need to shoot slugs, Foster type slugs or Brennekes will do pretty well out of most smoothbore barrels.
lpl/nc
An 18" barrel is loud. When practicing with my Combat shotgun, I wear good ear muffs over the best ear plugs I can find to protect the hearing I have left. A 22-24" barrel is good for what you want.
As Lee pointed out, the rifled barrel is useful with Sabots. With buckshot, the rifling gets the stuff spinning and blows it all over the place when it leaves the muzzle. Get a smoothbore and check out Federal's new TruBall if you want slug accuracy.
As Lee pointed out, the rifled barrel is useful with Sabots. With buckshot, the rifling gets the stuff spinning and blows it all over the place when it leaves the muzzle. Get a smoothbore and check out Federal's new TruBall if you want slug accuracy.