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I have a small debate on my hands here. I have a maverick 88 with a modified choke. we are going to the range tomorrow and I was going to shoot a few 1oz rifled slugs. question is can I shoot these slugs through my modified choke?
 
I've got a box of remington 1 oz rifled slugs here, box states " may be fired through any choke, however improved cylinder provides best results".
 
They will shoot through the choke no problem. I use a modified in my versa-max and 870. Removing the choke entirely is not a good idea. Shooting without it will destroy the threads.
 
you can shoot rifled slugs threw and choke but do not shoot any shot or slug with your choke removed it will screw your threads up real good .then you will have a real hard time getting your choke back in your gun .DUTCH
 
bluearmy said:
I have a small debate on my hands here. I have a maverick 88 with a modified choke. we are going to the range tomorrow and I was going to shoot a few 1oz rifled slugs. question is can I shoot these slugs through my modified choke?
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I have the same shotgun and it shoots slugs surprisingly accurately. No worries with the choke..
 
I took a few photos of a rifled slug. The slug is hollow and does not fit tightly in the bore. The wads behind it seals the barrel and the slug can swell to fit the bore. The lead is very soft I deformed it easily with my fingers. I put one in a full choke tube, and if I had not deformed it with my fingers it would have slipped right through with no problem. Hopefully this answers the constant question of shooting a rifled slug through
a full choke.


 
Your groups may differ from choke to choke, but your gun will be fine. I would suggest you pattern a few rounds before you go hunting as to know what to expect. Almost every brand of slug will likely shoot a bit different.
 
I don't know where it comes from but so many think a factory made lead slug in a shotgun may damage a choke... it never has and never will and there has never been a warning on the ammunition box about choke damage... where does this fallacy/myth come from?
 
I think part of the problem is that people confuse sabot slugs designed for rifled barrels with rifled slugs. Sabot type slugs are not designed for a smooth bore/choke barrel.
 
Some older sabot rounds you could use a rifled choke. You can shoot sabots through any choke but your accuracy will be nil.

They don't make anything out there that isn't lawyer proof, keep that in mind.
 
You will not harm your gun shooting conventional lead slugs through a modified choke, I can't speak to the new style sabot slugs as I haven't used them. With the standard foster, Brenneke, or Challenger slugs, you might even detect a slight improvement in accuracy with your modified choke over a cylinder bore or an improved cylinder choke. But remember, all gun barrels are individuals, and you will probably see a significant difference in accuracy from one brand of ammo to another. All you can do is go to the range, do some shooting, and record your observations.
 
guntech said:
I don't know where it comes from but so many think a factory made lead slug in a shotgun may damage a choke... it never has and never will and there has never been a warning on the ammunition box about choke damage... where does this fallacy/myth come from?
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I think many shooters look upon a rifled slug as being incompressible, where as a column of shot does not appear to be. Of course this is not true, as all lead rifled slugs are thimble shaped, even the Brennekes, although these have a pedestal to accept the attached wad, and all can easily swage down to match the diameter of the bore.
 
Question! I bought an old sxs from tradeex... would lead slugs be OK to shoot through these? Or should I stick to just lead shot...
 
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