Slugs and Buckshot

.22guy · 07-31-2005, 05:46 PM

Hello everyone,

I've got a Mossberg 500, one of those ones that comes with a 28" and a 18.5" barrel.

I believe the 28 inches is modified choke or improved modified.

Anyways I got some stuff from my uncle and I want to know whether I can shoot it (safely) in my shotgun.

The slugs are Federal Classic Rifled slugs. (3 inch).

The buckshot is Federal and Remington 00 buck.

Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

SilverRun · 07-31-2005, 06:04 PM

buckshoot should be fine in anything but maybe an extrafull choke. I not sure about the slugs in the modified choke. I think it would be fine, but not positive. Slugs in an improved should be ok.

BattleRifleG3 · 07-31-2005, 07:09 PM

The 18.5" barrel is pretty certainly designed with slugs in mind. While I'm sure they'd be ok in the modified choke, you have the better barrel for them, so might as well use it.

OneInchGroup · 08-01-2005, 10:27 AM

Most slug manufacturers build the slugs undersized just enough to allow for the uninitiated using a choke with slugs, when the right application is either a cylinder bore or a rifled barrel with NO choke. You can likely use the 28" barrel with the slugs and not blow up the gun, but pressures will peak internally when the slug tries to squeeze its way through that tight spot at the end of the barrel. Not a good plan. Better to use the shorter barrel that likely has rifle sights and was designed for slugs. If you look down the bore on that one and find a set of nice spiral grooves, then that's your one best choice for the slugs. By the way, if it is a rifled barrel, don't use the buckshot in it. The rifling just confuses the buckshot and you get very wierd patterns from that combination, usually something that looks like a figure 8 downrange.......pretty for patterning, but not very good for accuracy.

07-31-2005, 05:46 PM	#1
.22guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,057 Trader Rating: (0)	Slugs and Buckshot Hello everyone, I've got a Mossberg 500, one of those ones that comes with a 28" and a 18.5" barrel. I believe the 28 inches is modified choke or improved modified. Anyways I got some stuff from my uncle and I want to know whether I can shoot it (safely) in my shotgun. The slugs are Federal Classic Rifled slugs. (3 inch). The buckshot is Federal and Remington 00 buck. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

07-31-2005, 07:09 PM	#3
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,401 Trader Rating: (0)	The 18.5" barrel is pretty certainly designed with slugs in mind. While I'm sure they'd be ok in the modified choke, you have the better barrel for them, so might as well use it. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

07-31-2005, 06:04 PM	#2
SilverRun Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: AL Posts: 1,659 Trader Rating: (0)	buckshoot should be fine in anything but maybe an extrafull choke. I not sure about the slugs in the modified choke. I think it would be fine, but not positive. Slugs in an improved should be ok.

08-01-2005, 10:27 AM	#4
OneInchGroup Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 123 Trader Rating: (0)	Most slug manufacturers build the slugs undersized just enough to allow for the uninitiated using a choke with slugs, when the right application is either a cylinder bore or a rifled barrel with NO choke. You can likely use the 28" barrel with the slugs and not blow up the gun, but pressures will peak internally when the slug tries to squeeze its way through that tight spot at the end of the barrel. Not a good plan. Better to use the shorter barrel that likely has rifle sights and was designed for slugs. If you look down the bore on that one and find a set of nice spiral grooves, then that's your one best choice for the slugs. By the way, if it is a rifled barrel, don't use the buckshot in it. The rifling just confuses the buckshot and you get very wierd patterns from that combination, usually something that looks like a figure 8 downrange.......pretty for patterning, but not very good for accuracy.