Can i shoot buckshot through a choke

PappyHoel Senior Member Oct 27, Danger danger. Gadestroyer74 Senior Member Oct 27, Deff no not shoot anything like that. Deff will be bad! Usually all of the above. Buckshot, depending on the manufacturer of the choke, is usually best with a full to modified choke. Turkey tubes are usually a little tighter than full. They can make buckshot tighten too much and produce exaggerated patterns or worst create too much pressure near the choke.

You can usually get away with it a few times before damaging the barrel or a human. All is dependent on the diameter of the choke. I shoot 00 Buck out of my with no problem, the pattern is very tight. Slugs however would be a bad idea.

I should clarify, the accumag with the Turkey choke has no restrictions on buckshot not the accuchokes on the non ultimag models. I also have an Right Rail 1. Top Active Users. Right Rail 2. Latest Topics. Project Veritas. The "New York Times" publishes confidential Channel: Other.

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It sits and gathers dust. Channel: Guns. View All. Right Rail 3. Footer Ad. For instance, when shooting birdshot at birds in flight, it can be helpful to have a slightly larger pattern diameter to help the shooter hit a flying bird. When using buckshot in home defense, we actually do not want a large diameter spread.

Why is this? It is because we want every buckshot to hit the bad guy so none of them miss. If any buckshot miss the target, they can penetrate several walls and can endanger family members or others.

We are responsible for every projectile that goes down range. Today, we will try to find out. It has a 21 inch barrel, but most importantly, it has interchangeable chokes that will allow us to try the same buckshot loads with different choke sizes.

We will shoot several different buckshot loads through an Improved Cylinder Choke and then through a Full Choke, and see what happens to the size of the patterns. We will be shooting at 10 yards 30 feet which is about as far as most of us can shoot inside a normal home.