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19 May 2007, 20:02
Don Slater
Shooting slugs?
A friend of mine has a 12 guage bolt action shotgun for deer hunting.

It has a modified choke and a 3" chamber.

Should the barrel be cut for a long forcing cone and opened up to a cylinder bore?
20 May 2007, 06:19
carlos111
I would shoot it with a variety of foster slugs (not sabot) and see how it shoots before I did anything to it. Then, if it needs help, I would cut the barrel to about 20" to stiffen the barrel and open the choke.
21 May 2007, 04:42
243winxb
quote:
Originally posted by Don Slater:
A friend of mine has a 12 guage bolt action shotgun for deer hunting.

It has a modified choke and a 3" chamber.

Should the barrel be cut for a long forcing cone and opened up to a cylinder bore?
Foster slugs should work well in you modified choke gun. I would not do anything to the gun unless you have rifle sights or a scope mounted on the gun.
22 May 2007, 21:24
Don Slater
Well, griff asked about rifled chokes and mete gave a pretty good answer. The answer about a 20" stiffer barrel from carlos 111 made sense too. 243winxb suggested a scope for more accuracy.

So the plan is to shorten the barrel to 20" and thread for a rifled choke tube. The gun is a bolt action with a bolt that will clear a scope, so it will be drilled and tapped for the Weaver Grand Slam (all steel) mounts.



Should wind up with a fairly accurate slug gun that will shoot sabot style slugs. The scope will make target acquistion much easier too.

Thanks for the info.

Don
22 May 2007, 23:22
Mark
Don,

Are you guys going to do the work yourselves or pay someone else to do it?

Unless he really really likes this gun he'll be better off buying a new rifled bolt gun, they can be had new in the mid 200's, and they usually come with scope mounts.

If you're paying a smith to install a choke, and D&T it may be less money to buy than paying to have all that done, and if he sold his gun it would definately be less money, and a better product most likely.


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23 May 2007, 14:56
Don Slater
Mark,

My friend loves this gun, and can afford anything she wants! I don't think cost is a concern?

She has NEVER sold any firearm she has ever bought in the last 30 years or so. Selling something she owns is not in her mindset!(She's a pack rat!) animal

But thanks for the "heads up"! beer
23 May 2007, 17:49
brayhaven
quote:
Originally posted by Don Slater:
A friend of mine has a 12 guage bolt action shotgun for deer hunting.

It has a modified choke and a 3" chamber.

Should the barrel be cut for a long forcing cone and opened up to a cylinder bore?


Don't worry about the forcing cone. especially with a 3" chamber & slugs. I even have reservations about the "improvement" in shot patterns with a long cone, when you have a 3" chamber using 2 3/4" shells.




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26 May 2007, 18:16
243winxb
quote:
Originally posted by Don Slater:
Mark,

My friend loves this gun, and can afford anything she wants! I don't think cost is a concern?

She has NEVER sold any firearm she has ever bought in the last 30 years or so. Selling something she owns is not in her mindset!(She's a pack rat!) animal

But thanks for the "heads up"! beer
I have to go along with Mark on this gun. After all this work and expence, your gun will probley not shoot as well as a mossberg cantilever rifled barrel slug gun. Just buy a new slug gun.