Can you shoot slugs through a improved cylinder choke?
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The conventional wisdom has long been that these slugs perform best with an Improved Cylinder choke. Though ammunition is highly variable, and all guns digest ammunition a little differently than one another, I’d be inclined to start with an IC choke. If your accuracy with this choke is acceptable, stick with it.
Can you use a modified choke for slugs?
Originally Answered: can you fire a slug from a shotgun with a modified choke? Yeah you can do it, especially if using a sabot slug. Might be a little hard on the barrel if you do it a lot. I know a fellow that goes deer hunting with a Remington 870 with a 28″ modified choke barrel.
What is the best choke tube for slugs?
Improved cylinder, cylinder choke, and rifled choke tubes are the best choke tubes for slugs. These choke tubes offer little constriction to provide stability when shooting.
What’s the difference between improved and modified chokes?
Improved Cylinder choke has a slight constriction. It allows the shot string to spread fairly quickly. This is a good choice for quail, rabbits, and other upland game at relatively close ranges. Modified choke has moderate constriction.
What is an improved cylinder choke?
Improved Cylinder choke has a slight constriction. It allows the shot string to spread fairly quickly. This is a good choice for quail, rabbits, and other upland game at relatively close ranges. Improved Cylinder Choke. Modified choke has moderate constriction.
What is the difference between cylinder and improved cylinder?
Cylinder choke is an unconstricted barrel. The shot string spreads quickly. Improved Cylinder choke has a slight constriction. It allows the shot string to spread fairly quickly.
Is improved cylinder and improved modified the same?
What choke should I use for slugs?
If you want to use slugs and have great accuracy then you’ll use a cylinder, improved cylinder or rifled choke. As for the modified and improved modified chokes for example, they are used for targets 60 to 65 yards away. Those are better for birdshot or buckshot type ammunition.
What is the difference between light modified and improved cylinder chokes?
The improved cylinder chokes are even less constricted than the light modified ones. As a result, they can distribute a smaller number of pellets – about 50% in a circle of 30 inches and at 40 yards. With these chokes, you will find it easier to hunt ducks and gooses via decoys, especially with rifled slugs.
What is the 12 bore constriction of a modified choke?
The 12 bore constriction of a modified choke is 0.020”. This is one choke tighter than improved cylinder and the two are commonly found together (go to any clay ground or game shoot in the UK and you’re likely to find a significant number of people with a quarter and half choke set up – the equivalent of improved cylinder and modified US).
How far can you shoot with a modified choke tube?
Improved Cylinder – The ideal range for improved cylinder choke tubes is 20 to 30 yards. Modified – Sitting at the middle of the pack, modified choke tubes are a good general choke size to use when not sure whether shots will be close or far.