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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: tommy tornado on November 06, 2010, 05:37:25 PM
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Anybody have any experience with rifled choke tubes for shotguns? I was curious if they are worth the expense before I order one from Briley's. Do they add any advantage over a smoothbore? I assume that shooting one would be like shooting a snubby revolver (not the actual recoil etc but in terms of adding spin to a slug). Just wanted to know your thoughts.
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I personally wouldn't buy one.
I haven't had any friends that shot any better with a rifled choke than a good rifled slug. Also, I have heard one account of a 3" slug tearing a rifled choke out of a gun. Don't know if it is true, but that was the story ... and we weren't drinking yet.
Biggest thing to think of is what you asked already - Is two inches enough length to spin and stabilize a slug?
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From what I read they work a lot better than a smoothbore with sabot slugs. I don't have any actual experience with them.
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waste of money.
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What kind of gun do you have? If its something like a Mossberg/Maverick or 870 you can often find used rifled barrels for $50-$75 dollars and I guarantee they'll wourk a whole better.
FQ13
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870 and a single shot Rossi. New rifled 870 barrels are expensive. Been looking but haven't found a used one yet.
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Depends entirely on what you want to shoot at. I had all of these same questions myself until I discovered the dDupleks "Duplo" and "Monolit" line of ammo. CTD has them, as I am sure others do...