Slugs?

[stan686]

What choke tube for slugs? For that matter, what is the choke of choice for most of the shotgun portions of 3 gun?

 

[rmuller]

cyclinder, or even diffuser, for slugs.

i use a diffuser and a light mod for 99% of everything. The other 2% is a IM or full.

 

[mike cyrwus]

I get great slug patterns with modified and light modified, its not going to hurt anything to just shoot and get zeroed for the choke that you normally use, which in most cases is LM, M, or Imp.

 

[stan686]

I was thinking Imp or LM, just didn't know about slugs through those chokes.

 

[rmuller]

MC makes a great point that i left out. know how your slugs shoot out of different chokes!

 

[mike cyrwus]

true that, Ryan.
Also, my opinion is dont go super out of your way to burn a case of slugs thru 6 different chokes trying to pick up an extra 1/2" on a 3" group at 60yds. On most slug shots, a decently good group is usually good enough. -Cause when you miss slugs, 1. is because you have no idea where they hit, and 2. youre jerking-flinching the snot out of the gun, when you need to think of it as a rifle with iron sights.

 

[Bentsight]

I'm sure I'm only one of many, but I can vouch that Mike has his SG dialed in for slugs. I got to shoot in his group Saturday and all four of his slug targets were were hit nearly dead center. Or........he jerked/flinched the snot out of it right back to the center of the target.

 

[stan686]

Makes sense to me. Thank ya fellas.

 

[mike cyrwus]

On my benelli, my Briley Diffusion groups slightly lower than my light modified, but groups are about the same.

for your perusal, this is a 5 shot off-hand group I fired out of new M2 that was just reunited with its local owner. 5 shots fiocchi 10z LR slugs, 55-ish yards.
If you break the trigger cleanly and let the gun's sight radius work for you, you dont have to be a human sandbag to get good slug groups.

 

[gondo]

On my benelli, my Briley Diffusion groups slightly lower than my light modified, but groups are about the same.

for your perusal, this is a 5 shot off-hand group I fired out of new M2 that was just reunited with its local owner. 5 shots fiocchi 10z LR slugs, 55-ish yards.
If you break the trigger cleanly and let the gun's sight radius work for you, you dont have to be a human sandbag to get good slug groups.

Hey that's mine I think lol, and no that firkin thing ain't comin in till Thursday!

 

[mike cyrwus]

Hey that's mine I think lol, and no that firkin thing ain't comin in till Thursday!

Oh, shoot youre right! The shooter I was thinking of was the guy who kept me busy on Friday night so i couldnt get your gun out.
Its best if you dont practice too much before a match anyway. sorry!

 

[gondo]

Oh, shoot youre right! The shooter I was thinking of was the guy who kept me busy on Friday night so i couldnt get your gun out.
Its best if you dont practice too much before a match anyway. sorry!

I'm all good I've been shooting benellis for a decade and they fit me perfect in stock configuration so they all feel the same to me but I am like a kid waiting for Christmas, I've been trying not to get my thumb stuck in my stock m1 and sbe for about a year now.

 

[gng4life]

I use LM and below with slugs and all shoot fine. The point of impact does slightly change with some but close enough to not worry about it...

 

[newbirdhunter]

Hey guys since we're asking about slugs, what kind do you use? I see Slug, Rifled Slug, Sabot Slug. Not sure which to get.

Thanks.

Frank

 

[desert_gypsy]

Rifled slugs through a smooth bore, sabot through a rifled slug gun. The low recoil Fiocci's run nicely through my M2.

 

[mike cyrwus]

1oz. fiocchi low recoil slugs, (yellow box)
the 7/8oz slugs(black box)are iffy as far as cycling a M2.