buckshot thru rifled barrel???

[afernbach]

just saw the beretta xtreme2 shotgun, and being a new shotgun 'looker' was wondering if you can shoot regular buckshot thru a rifled barrel?
also, what's the word on the firearm??
thanks,
alex

[270wsm]

Don't know much about that particular shotgun.
But,I would not recommend shooting anything through a rifled shotgun barrel except Sabot type slugs.You might damage the rifling on a good shotgun!

[TXplt]

Have Taurus judge 3" barrel pistol with rifling and shoot 000 buck thru it regularly with no issues to the barrel. But the 000 is only going thru 3 or 6" of barrel; I'm not sure how longer barrel would respond but think you'd be less likely to get damage than leading due to the lack of a shot cup (and the shot potentially hitting each other). After all, when you shoot regular shot thru the rifled barrel, you're doing essentially the same thing as with buckshot; buckshot is just larger. I would think steel shot (unless well contained in shot cup) would be alot more abrasive.

The bigger question is why ? The rifled barrel on the taurus gives a pretty wide and somewhat unpredictable pattern with 000 buck. About 1' between pellets at 50 feet. Shot tends to stay on full size silohette at same range. It might be interesting to pattern the shotgun and see what it does with buck, but I suspect you might get rapid dispersion due to the rifling. I really have no idea how the pellets would respond to the rifling or if they would do so consistently at range.

Good luck

[nathangdad]

Shot through a rifled barrel spreads out in a doughnut patter with hole expanding as distance increases.

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