Some companies warn against shooting slugs through their over-bored barrels - I'd follow their instructions on that one. But for normal slugs of the proper gauge and hull length fired in a shotgun in good mechanical condition, no - damage to the barrel from shooting slugs is not going to happen.
In almost all cases, you should only use rifled slugs in smoothbore barrels. If you have a rifled shotgun barrel, you're going to want sabot slugs. It's counter-intuitive to what the “rifled” slug name suggests and while it may not be a catastrophic failure, you could damage the grooves in your rifled shotgun barrel.
Your gun won't explode if you end up shooting sabot slugs out of a smooth bore barrel or, vice versa, if you shoot rifled slugs out of a rifled barrel. It just won't be accurate.
Whether a shotgun can shoot slugs or not is based on the barrel, not the receiver/serial number. If it has a 28" barrel, you can shoot rifled or foster type slugs as long as the choke is improved cylinder. If it has the short 18.5" barrel, you can shoot rifled or foster type slugs as well as bird/buck shot.
Maximum effective range is limited as much by the slug's rapid decay of energy and velocity as by its poor accuracy." Published in 1964, the "Fact Book" states that a typical 12-gauge, 1-ounce slug traveling at 1560 fps loses 60 percent of its energy at 100 yards. Although its ME is 2,365 ft.
Add A Magazine To Your Shotgun. The standard Mossberg 500 has a magazine tube that holds five rounds in the tube and one in the chamber. That is a total of 6 rounds. Due to the design of the Mossberg 500, you cannot add a magazine extension tube.
Sure. At close range, 12 gauge shotgun slug will kill just about any animal that ever walked the Earth. 12 gauge pump shotguns are preferred bear defense guns by many knowledgeable people living in areas with high grizzly densities. They are definitely adequate grizzly defense guns.
The name "Model 500" covers an entire family of pump shotguns designed to chamber 3-inch (76 mm) "magnum" shells. The standard model holds five 2.75-inch (70 mm) or five 3-inch (76 mm) shells in the magazine and one in the chamber.
A standard full choke with standard lead slugs is safe. Don't matter if they are fixed chokes or interchangeable tubes. You probably won't get good accuracy. The new sabot slugs or solid copper, really anything but lead, should probably not be used in full choke guns.
On a general average #1 and smaller does great with a full and sometimes an 0 will tolerate it. 00 usually does best with an improved modified to modified but I've also seen it do the same in a regular improved.
You should not shoot slugs—or any other shot—through your barrel without a choke in place, since there is a very real possibility that you will damage the threading. The conventional wisdom has long been that these slugs perform best with an Improved Cylinder choke.
Maximum effective range is limited as much by the slug's rapid decay of energy and velocity as by its poor accuracy." Published in 1964, the "Fact Book" states that a typical 12-gauge, 1-ounce slug traveling at 1560 fps loses 60 percent of its energy at 100 yards. Although its ME is 2,365 ft.
A rifled-choke tube can improve accuracy. Accuracy from a couple of inches of rifling in a choke tube is not comparable with the accuracy of a fully rifled barrel, but rifled choke tubes are a less expensive option than a brand-new fully rifled shotgun if you're going to shoot slugs at close range.
Whether a shotgun can shoot slugs or not is based on the barrel, not the receiver/serial number. If it has a 28" barrel, you can shoot rifled or foster type slugs as long as the choke is improved cylinder. If it has the short 18.5" barrel, you can shoot rifled or foster type slugs as well as bird/buck shot.
Rifled slugs are designed to be used in smooth barrels. We have found the best accuracy when using rifled slugs in a cylinder or modified choke.
Full choke post nerf. They both are basically equal in terms of OHK range, but Full Choke might be marginally better than Rifled Barrel. So if you get a good roll on a DRB, but it has Rifled instead of Full Choke, it will still be very good.
Perhaps the most common of all police shotguns, the Remington 870 is a pump gun that comes with a wide range of options for any tactical role. With its steel receiver serving as the basis for the proven design, the Remington 870 Express Synthetic has an 18-inch barrel, a synthetic stock and a matte finish.
According to the owners manual you can shoot steel shot through mossberg's accuchoke in improved, modified, AND FULL. The manual says not to shoot through anything tighter then the full. As long as the choke is designed for steel shot you are fine.
There is no difference between a Mossberg 500 and 500A. Mossberg changes the names to "Keep it fresh" The 500, 500A, 600, 600A, 600AT, Persuader, Cruiser, 590, 590A1, and Maverick 88 all use the same alloy receiver. Differences in safety location, finish, stocks and other cosmetics account for the different names.
Mossberg 500
| Mossberg 590A1 |
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| Action | pump action |
| Muzzle velocity | 1,325 ft/s (404 m/s) for 12-gauge, 2?3⁄4", 00 buckshot load 1,560 ft/s (480 m/s) for 12-gauge 437-grain rifled slug |
| Effective firing range | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Maximum firing range | 165 ft (50 m) for shot, 980 ft (300 m) for slugs |
Mossberg 500 v Mossberg 590 v Mossberg 590A1
The biggest difference between the 590 and 590A1 models is the use of a different barrel and magazine system. The barrel on the 590 and 590A1 (above right) are significantly thicker than those found on the 500 (above left).Model 535 barrels are not interchangeable with Model 500 or Model 835 barrels, but 535 barrels are available in smoothbore and rifled in a variety of vent ribbed, barrel lengths and different sights.
Simple answer: If it will shoot 3.5 inch shells safely it will say for 3.5" shells on the gun. If it does not, then it won't. One reason is that 3.5" shells are loaded to a higher pressure than the shorter shells and the guns are proofed to a higher pressure.
Yes, and with sabots or rifled slugs, the more “open” the choke tube, the better the accuracy (“Improved Cylinder” recommended.) Do not fire any load without a choke tube installed, doing so will damage the internal choke tube threads.
A cylinder choke is recommended for shooting rifled slugs in a smooth-bore barrel. Sabot slugs should only be shot through our fully-rifled slug barrels.
You can safely shoot any STANDARD birdshot, buckshot OR rifled slug through any STANDARD choke from Cylinder Bore to Full. Since it's guaranteed people WILL shoot slugs through Full chokes, the rifling "fins" on rifled slugs are designed to easily swage down to pass safely through the choke.
