On switch barrel (if that is what there called) shotguns, and more specifically the 870, do you modify it in any way when you put the slug barrel on. Although the accuracy is fairly decent, do you do something to try and squeeze a bit better results from it. Reading on Shotgun world they tried the "pop can shim" to tighten up the movement of the barrel. Has anyone tried this or any other method that you feel works better.
Tweaking your 870
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fat tony
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On that thread iirc, they said it just changed the shape of the groups, so the op abandoned the idea. I would like to know what pinning an 870 barrel does though. I heard slug shooters pin their 870 barrels for greater accuracy.
That's why Remington came up with the cantilever scope mount on their slug barrels, mount the scope to the barrel and you can take it (the barrel) off without losing your point of impact. Before this, it was common to "pin" a barrel for slugs, and it was usually the reciever that had the scope mounted to it, and this would give you some degree of consistancy.
Remington also offers a model with a pinned barrel.
http://www.remington.com/products/...l-870-sps-shurshot-synthetic-super-slug.aspx
http://www.remington.com/products/...l-870-sps-shurshot-synthetic-super-slug.aspx
fat tony
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I never really liked the cantilever mounts. It would be nice to have a set of barrels/receiver with say a threaded hole in the same place so you can take them out and pin them all and remove them more easily.
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