rifled barrels / buckshot???

[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

[samuel]

Yes you can shoot buckshot in a rifled barrel.It covers about 10' at 15yds with none of the balls hitting within 1' of anything you want to hit.When the riflings spin the shot it throws them all over.I havnt heard anything bad about the gun.Beretta makes good guns. sam.

[ClayMan]

I had a fully rifled barrel on a Mossberg 500 once, but I never fired anything but sabot slugs. But I believe what samuel said above about the shot getting spread all over due to the rifling.

And I don't know anything about Beretta shotguns, but if you're looking around for a quality semi-auto shotgun and you're not afraid to spend some money, then I can highly recommend the Benelli Super Black Eagle II. Here's the link:

Benelli - Firearms - Super Black Eagle II

I have one and I absolutely love it. Super quality, super reliable (I have never had any malfunctions of any kind), and the ComforTech stock really does work like they say. My buddy has the SBE I that doesn't have the ComforTech stock and I've shot both his and mine side-by-side with the exact same load and it is noticeably softer recoil and faster recovery.

I use my SBE II for clay target shooting and for waterfowl hunting. This is one super point about the SBEs, you can shoot any load without malfunctions or adjustment to the gun. For clay shooting, I use 2 3/4 inch shells with 6, 7 1/2, and 8 shot. For waterfowling, I use 3 1/2 steel shot in 2 and BB sizes.

And talk about abuse on a gun, waterfowling is among the worst. You slog through brush and swamps, all kinds of crap and moisture gets in your gun, but every time I've pulled the trigger, it went BOOM!

The Benelli SBE II is absolute perfection in a semi-auto shotgun. They aren't cheap, but they are absolutely worth every penny you'll spend.

ClayMan

[mym1a]

okay dumb me has to ask this question? other then boredom why would you want to shoot shot out of a rifle ??????I know of snake shot for 357 revolvers and probably 22Lr but why?I know , I know its your right! purchase an over and under rifle/shot gun combo,

[ClayMan]

Originally Posted by mym1a

okay dumb me has to ask this question? other then boredom why would you want to shoot shot out of a rifle ??????I know of snake shot for 357 revolvers and probably 22Lr but why?I know , I know its your right! purchase an over and under rifle/shot gun combo,

Obviously I can't speak for afernbach, but for a while, my only shotgun I had was a Mossberg 500 with the fully rilfed barrel. I only had the one barrel and I wondered about shooting buck shot through it for home defense purposes. Like I said previously, I never did pattern it to see what would happen. I did buy a second smooth bore bird barrel for that gun later on.

ClayMan

[mym1a]

Originally Posted by ClayMan

Obviously I can't speak for afernbach, but for a while, my only shotgun I had was a Mossberg 500 with the fully rilfed barrel. I only had the one barrel and I wondered about shooting buck shot through it for home defense purposes. Like I said previously, I never did pattern it to see what would happen. I did buy a second smooth bore bird barrel for that gun later on.

ClayMan

I don't believe it would hurt the rifling,just don't know what kinda pattern you would have????at close range i guess it wouldn't realy matter much?

[ClayMan]

Absolutely, its safe to shoot buck shot through a rifled bore, the shot cup is plastic and won't damage the rifling. But like you said, and samuel as well, the pattern is going to open up dramatically because the shot cup will engage the rifling and cause the shot load to spin. As soon as it leaves the bore, the centrifugal force caused by the spinning will cause the shot to fly apart opening the pattern up prematurely.

Now I wish I had fired buck shot out of my Mossberg with the rifled barrel just to see what would happen...I'm sure someone out there has. I don't have the Mossberg anymore, I only have smooth bore shotguns now, so I can't do any testing.

ClayMan

[Ricochet]

With a smooth cylinder bore 20" Mossberg 500, Remington Express 3" Magnum 15 pellet 00 Buck loads at 7 yards spread in a roughly circular pattern about as wide as my maximum hand span. I've got big hands. They'd all stay on a man's chest if centered, but they'd pretty well cover it.