Rifled Choke?

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rule911

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I have just purchased a shotgun/deer hunting rig and was at the range. Its an auto loader (Mossberg 9200) with a smooth 24" barrel, scope, and 3" rifled choke. I was shoting Remington, 1 once, 3" rifled slugs. The results were not good, grouping about one foot at 100 yards. All holes indicated the slugs were traveling properly.

The question is the rifled choke? Would it be better to loose the choke and in stall an IC, and play with a riffled slug that works best for the rig, keep the rifled choke and get some sabots, or keep the rifled choke and continue with rifled slugs, but a different manufacture...

Thoughts?
 
If your shooting out of a rifled choke your not supposed to shoot rifled slugs.... rifled slugs only work properly in smooth bores. The amount of spin the rifling on the slug creates is not going to be the same as your rifled slug would create which will make each shot completely different and unstable. Also the diameter of a rifled slug is greater than a sabot slug thus the diameter is different between a smooth bore and rifled barrel/choke. Sabot slugs are for rifled barrels and rifled chokes. Give it another try with the proper combinations.
 
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iskubits said:
Rifled choke in a smooth bore barrel ?????

Just install the regular cylinder choke and you should be good to go.
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There is nothing wrong with a rifled choke in a smooth bore if your shooting sabots.... they usually shoot better than just rifled slugs in smooth bore.
 
i have heard an opinion from someone with experience that if you have trouble with accuracy shooting 3" slugs just to try 2 3/4 might fix the problem.strange but it works..
and yes...sabot out of rifled choke would be appropriate...of course... with good accuracy or change the choke and use rifled slugs
 
Regarding the 2.75"... I did read on an American site that with the smooth bore, and 3" of riffling at the end, the slug is traveling at full speed with it hits the riffling and this tends to be somewhat random. The advise was to get the slowest shot available.

The plan this weekend is to try the 2.75 inch sabs in reduced recoil. More drop, but at 100 yard zero, the max height won't be too high at shorter range and at 120 ish yards... its done... But that's 'Primitive hunting'.

Will get back to you,
 
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