rifled choke tube

[.50cal packer]

If you put a rifled choke tube on a smooth bore barrel, would you still shoot fostered slugs or would you have to shoot the sabot slugs? Thanks for the help.

 

[The Gamemaster]

The purpose of the rifled choke tube is to allow you to shoot either round through your smooth bore shotgun barrel.

It is not as accurate as a fully rifled barrel, but it will work.

I have a cousin that had a Mossberg 500 12 Ga that he shot Brenneke slugs in his smooth bore shotgun in a state where he was allowed to use a Rifle during the deer season. He just felt that the 12 ga placed properly would stop a deer much better than his 30-30 Winchester.

http://www.brennekeusa.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenneke_slug

In my opinion both types of slug are very good in a shot gun barrel and the rifled choke tube really is not necessary - but would probably help.

 

[tube_ee]

Learn somthin' every day...

I thought that the purpose was to impart some spin to the wad, for better patterns, ala the old Boss "Paradox" guns...

But what I don't know vastly exceeds what I do know.

--Shannon