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Offline dodd3

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can youfire slugs?
« on: November 28, 2005, 05:31:18 PM »
can you fire foster type slugs in a full and extra full barrels. they are very meaty barrels.
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2005, 02:13:16 AM »
Yes you can fire foster style slugs in full & ex-full chokes with no harm. The foster slug is made with a hollow base and fins on the side to allow them to swage down when fired thru choked bbls.
 
I've heard a lot of claims over the years about the hollow bases, and the fins on the sides. So let us flush a couple of these old wives tales. The hollow base doesn't expand to fill the bore. To do that it would have to sit directly on top of the powder charge, It doesn't. The fins on the sides of the slugs don't make them spin. The are there to allow space for the slug to swage down when passing thru a choked barrel. What keeps them flying straight is the shape similar to the shuttlecock of a badmitten game. Majority of the wt forward with a lighter trailing skirt to keep it nose forward.
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2005, 04:06:10 AM »
thanks dave thats wot i though the slug design was about.but you no the wood be experts that say no you cant shoot them through full and extra full chokes,the will split your barrels lol we all no, an ex is a has bin and a spurt is a drip under pressure lol thanks i just needed a second opinion.  
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2005, 04:19:20 AM »
Back in the day, my Dad killed a lot of deer shooting slugs through his full choke Sweet 16 Browning :D
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2005, 05:54:52 AM »
The above is the truth.

Also,
I don't know what it is about the old brownings. My dad's A-5 full choke 12 ga smacks clay pigeons on the 65 yard birm all day. It's amazing for a smooth bore with a bead sight.

One slight observation, recoil seems to be a tad bit more pronounced with a tighter choke.
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