Pinned Barrel

G

Great Wazoo

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I read an article recently that discussed pinning a shotgun slug barrel to increase accuracy.

Do any of you have experience with a pinned barrel?

Any thoughts about this being worth while?

Thanks,

GW
 
Pinning was discussed a little while ago -- have you checked the archives? IIRC, pinning makes sense if you use a receiver mounted scope base -- the pinning reduces/removes any motion between the barrel and the sight. The down side is you've pretty much made a dedicated slug gun. An easier method is to simply use a cantilever scope mount on your slug barrel.
 
Yeah; I checked the archives; I came up with one thread that was interesting but short on details.

Is there any reason that the pin could not be a screw thus keeping the ability to change the barrel?
 
If you're considering pinning, then you'll want a serious scope base/rail, not one of those saddle mounts that attaches via the trigger pins. If you're careful it may be possible to combine the front screw holes of the base mount with the pinning. The screws would run through the front of the rail and the receiver and into the barrel tang. Someone capable of drilling and tapping for scope mounting should be able to do blind holes in the barrel tang. Should you attempt a set up like this, please keep us up-dated on your progress and the results.
 
Buy a Hasting cantilever barrel

and be done with it. My 12 bore 870 will put 5 Barnes X Federal slugs in 3" @100 and 5 of the crushing 1&1/8 Brenneke Golds in 5". Instant death for anything on this side of the pond.

Can switch back to Turkey bbl, Trap bbl or field bbl in 2 minutes.
 
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