What choke to use with a rifled slug?

Improved Cylinder choke
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 I shoot steel through a full choke?

When using steel shot, you should only use stainless steel choke tubes with modified or more open chokes. You should not use steel shot with Extra Full, Full, or Improved Modified Chokes of any kind. If it is a fixed choke barrel, we do not recommend using steel shot, as it may damage your barrel(s).

Can you shoot slugs through any shotgun?

As a general rule of thumb, and we all know there are exceptions to the rule, you can shoot a slug out of a shotgun barrel that has a choke if you are using a modified choke or larger.

Can you shoot buckshot through a full choke barrel?

I would not shoot buckshot through a full choke. Smaller shot is relatively easily constricted – much more difficult as it increases in size. In an OU you are complicating the issue due to barrel soldering, regulation, etc.

Can you shoot a slug through a full choke?

Yes, you can fire a slug through a full choke, and it’s relatively safe (ALWAYS read the ammunition advice). Rifled slugs can be designed to deform through the narrower choke, but will lose both power and accuracy relative to a cylinder or improved cylinder choke. Can you shoot slugs through a choke tube?

Can you shoot slugs through a full choke barrel?

You can shoot rifled (Foster)slugs through any choke up to Full. The ribs on the outside of the soft lead slug will compress as it passes through the choke. Improved Cylinder often gives the best results with slugs. What choke is best for slug? Improved cylinder, cylinder choke, and rifled choke tubes are the best choke tubes for slugs.

What do slugs do you shoot out of rifled Barrell?

Because the barrel is rifled, the projectile does not need to be rifled. A rifled slug is what you want to shoot out a smooth bore barrel. Because the barrel is smooth, the projectile will not rotate appropriately unless it has rifling on it.

Can you shoot a sabot slug through a rifled barrel?

His testing showed that shooting rifled slugs through a rifled barrel showed about the same accuracy as shooting sabot slugs through the rifled barrel. If fact the only combination that showed poor accuracy was shooting sabot slugs through a smooth barrel. Those groups opened up significantly and also many were key holed.