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Posted: 6/11/2014 2:09:14 PM EDT
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I'm no expert but it seems like a rifled slug barrel would be more accurate than a smoothbore. I'm a little concerned that you want less guns instead of more....this doesn't compute. Wouldn't a slug barrel sitting around until deer season be very similar to a deer rifle sitting around until deer season? Is it the space you need? Are you making room to house immigrant dwarfs?
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Posted: 6/11/2014 2:27:36 PM EDT
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I'm no expert but it seems like a rifled slug barrel would be more accurate than a smoothbore. I'm a little concerned that you want less guns instead of more....this doesn't compute. Wouldn't a slug barrel sitting around until deer season be very similar to a deer rifle sitting around until deer season? Is it the space you need? Are you making room to house immigrant dwarfs? You must reverse this course of action! Well Brandi, I am gonna be honest with you cuz I like you. People are going to jump all over me for admitting this publically......... But......... I have sold down to virtually no guns at all. I took the money that I gained selling extra guns and ammo and put it into my Harley. I ride everyday, I see it everyday, I spend time in it or around it everyday. I am just tired of the whole gun thing. Out here in the panhandle there is no one to trade with, or shoot with, so I don't really enjoy the gun thing and gun culture the way I used to. I just want good usable weaponry, and a minimum of it at that. Okay........ Let the flaming begin!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 6/11/2014 2:54:50 PM EDT
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One of the worst decisions I ever made was selling guns to put towards motorcycle accessories, among others I sold my Colt Gold Cup Series 70, bought in 1970, back when Colt made a lot better guns than they do today. It had that mile deep beautiful blue that Colt was well known for, it had an incredible trigger, I didn't have a way to measure it, but probably less than 2 lbs. Of all the guns sold and/or traded over the years, that Colt is the one I regret selling the most.
It was a pure target gun, accurate as it could be, a jam o matic, but I should have sent it to a good 1911 specialist for a reliability job. I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect a rifled barrel would be a lot more accurate with slugs, worst thing about shotgun slugs is they absolutely beat you to death with recoil, a rifle is a lot easier on your shoulder. |
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Posted: 6/11/2014 5:16:09 PM EDT
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I agree it's probably a poor decision! But I love that damn Harley. BELIEVE ME, out here in the panhandle there isn't a damn thing to do but ride! Most of these folks are working men and women. They work as much a six days a week. When they have a day off they spend it with Family... Not "some dude". I have a good 357 mag and I reload. I have a good Mossberg Shotty, I have a little 22 plinker, and an old hand me down 410 bolt action. I'm not gunned, I just don't have 11 or 12 anymore.
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Posted: 6/11/2014 6:47:18 PM EDT
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Well Brandi, I am gonna be honest with you cuz I like you. People are going to jump all over me for admitting this publically......... But......... I have sold down to virtually no guns at all. I took the money that I gained selling extra guns and ammo and put it into my Harley. I ride everyday, I see it everyday, I spend time in it or around it everyday. I am just tired of the whole gun thing. Out here in the panhandle there is no one to trade with, or shoot with, so I don't really enjoy the gun thing and gun culture the way I used to. I just want good usable weaponry, and a minimum of it at that. Okay........ Let the flaming begin!!!!!!!!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm no expert but it seems like a rifled slug barrel would be more accurate than a smoothbore. I'm a little concerned that you want less guns instead of more....this doesn't compute. Wouldn't a slug barrel sitting around until deer season be very similar to a deer rifle sitting around until deer season? Is it the space you need? Are you making room to house immigrant dwarfs? You must reverse this course of action! Well Brandi, I am gonna be honest with you cuz I like you. People are going to jump all over me for admitting this publically......... But......... I have sold down to virtually no guns at all. I took the money that I gained selling extra guns and ammo and put it into my Harley. I ride everyday, I see it everyday, I spend time in it or around it everyday. I am just tired of the whole gun thing. Out here in the panhandle there is no one to trade with, or shoot with, so I don't really enjoy the gun thing and gun culture the way I used to. I just want good usable weaponry, and a minimum of it at that. Okay........ Let the flaming begin!!!!!!!!!! I can totally understand your reasoning. You obviously enjoy riding so why not invest your money into making it more enjoyable, makes sense to me. I had a motorcycle many years ago, I enjoyed it but when you spend your work hours working accidents and such all day you develop a conflict of interest, so to speak, and I gave it up. I keep thinking I would like a Harley V-Rod but after doing what I used to do, I'm not sure I could ever ride on a highway or any busy street anymore. |
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Posted: 6/11/2014 11:59:10 PM EDT
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Rifled slug barrel for sabot slugs which can be pretty accurate out to 75-100 yards. 2-3 inch groups are fairly common with the right ammo. You don't want to use shot in a rifled barrel it will make a pretty useless pattern. Smoothbore use rifled slugs and about 40-50 yards is what most people feel safe and is most accurate. Mossberg does make a very heavy well made slug barrel.
Whichever route you pick be sure and try several different brands of ammo as slug guns can be picky with what they like to shoot well. |
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Posted: 6/12/2014 3:19:33 AM EDT
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Rifled slug barrel for sabot slugs which can be pretty accurate out to 75-100 yards. 2-3 inch groups are fairly common with the right ammo. You don't want to use shot in a rifled barrel it will make a pretty useless pattern. Smoothbore use rifled slugs and about 40-50 yards is what most people feel safe and is most accurate. Mossberg does make a very heavy well made slug barrel. Whichever route you pick be sure and try several different brands of ammo as slug guns can be picky with what they like to shoot well. I recommend a rifled barrel with sabots. I have yet to find any rifled slug that works through my smooth bore Nova. I'm thinking about buying a 500 or an 870 just to get a rifled barrel. |
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Posted: 6/12/2014 5:33:38 AM EDT
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I can totally understand your reasoning. You obviously enjoy riding so why not invest your money into making it more enjoyable, makes sense to me. I had a motorcycle many years ago, I enjoyed it but when you spend your work hours working accidents and such all day you develop a conflict of interest, so to speak, and I gave it up. I keep thinking I would like a Harley V-Rod but after doing what I used to do, I'm not sure I could ever ride on a highway or any busy street anymore. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm no expert but it seems like a rifled slug barrel would be more accurate than a smoothbore. I'm a little concerned that you want less guns instead of more....this doesn't compute. Wouldn't a slug barrel sitting around until deer season be very similar to a deer rifle sitting around until deer season? Is it the space you need? Are you making room to house immigrant dwarfs? You must reverse this course of action! Well Brandi, I am gonna be honest with you cuz I like you. People are going to jump all over me for admitting this publically......... But......... I have sold down to virtually no guns at all. I took the money that I gained selling extra guns and ammo and put it into my Harley. I ride everyday, I see it everyday, I spend time in it or around it everyday. I am just tired of the whole gun thing. Out here in the panhandle there is no one to trade with, or shoot with, so I don't really enjoy the gun thing and gun culture the way I used to. I just want good usable weaponry, and a minimum of it at that. Okay........ Let the flaming begin!!!!!!!!!! I can totally understand your reasoning. You obviously enjoy riding so why not invest your money into making it more enjoyable, makes sense to me. I had a motorcycle many years ago, I enjoyed it but when you spend your work hours working accidents and such all day you develop a conflict of interest, so to speak, and I gave it up. I keep thinking I would like a Harley V-Rod but after doing what I used to do, I'm not sure I could ever ride on a highway or any busy street anymore. COOL!!!! If you get one holler at me, and we'll ride. |
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Posted: 6/12/2014 5:35:16 AM EDT
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Rifled slug barrel for sabot slugs which can be pretty accurate out to 75-100 yards. 2-3 inch groups are fairly common with the right ammo. You don't want to use shot in a rifled barrel it will make a pretty useless pattern. Smoothbore use rifled slugs and about 40-50 yards is what most people feel safe and is most accurate. Mossberg does make a very heavy well made slug barrel. Whichever route you pick be sure and try several different brands of ammo as slug guns can be picky with what they like to shoot well. Good advice. Thanks. Have you tried this route? Have you had any more or less success with certain types of slugs? |
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Posted: 6/12/2014 5:36:08 AM EDT
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I recommend a rifled barrel with sabots. I have yet to find any rifled slug that works through my smooth bore Nova. I'm thinking about buying a 500 or an 870 just to get a rifled barrel. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Rifled slug barrel for sabot slugs which can be pretty accurate out to 75-100 yards. 2-3 inch groups are fairly common with the right ammo. You don't want to use shot in a rifled barrel it will make a pretty useless pattern. Smoothbore use rifled slugs and about 40-50 yards is what most people feel safe and is most accurate. Mossberg does make a very heavy well made slug barrel. Whichever route you pick be sure and try several different brands of ammo as slug guns can be picky with what they like to shoot well. I recommend a rifled barrel with sabots. I have yet to find any rifled slug that works through my smooth bore Nova. I'm thinking about buying a 500 or an 870 just to get a rifled barrel. So definitely a rifled barrel then. Roger that. Any slugs that you like more or less? |
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Posted: 6/12/2014 3:43:48 PM EDT
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Rifled slug barrel for sabot slugs which can be pretty accurate out to 75-100 yards. 2-3 inch groups are fairly common with the right ammo. You don't want to use shot in a rifled barrel it will make a pretty useless pattern. Smoothbore use rifled slugs and about 40-50 yards is what most people feel safe and is most accurate. Mossberg does make a very heavy well made slug barrel. Rifled slugs from a smooth barrel can be as accurate as sabot slugs from a rifled barrel and just as far away. The problem is that most smooth bore barrels just have a bead, and without optics or traditional iron sights, it's hard to aim consistently with just a bead. On top of that, most people don't want to try different slugs to find out what works well in their barrel, which doesn't help a bit. Get a smooth barrel with iron sights or mount an optic of some sort on the receiver and you'll be fine with rifled slugs. In fact, if you have a Mossberg with a smooth bore and changeable choke tubes (or a fixed choke that is moderate, cylinder, or improved cylinder bore), you can shoot rifled slugs just fine now. |
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Posted: 6/12/2014 5:37:57 PM EDT
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Rifled slugs from a smooth barrel can be as accurate as sabot slugs from a rifled barrel and just as far away. The problem is that most smooth bore barrels just have a bead, and without optics or traditional iron sights, it's hard to aim consistently with just a bead. On top of that, most people don't want to try different slugs to find out what works well in their barrel, which doesn't help a bit. Get a smooth barrel with iron sights or mount an optic of some sort on the receiver and you'll be fine with rifled slugs. In fact, if you have a Mossberg with a smooth bore and changeable choke tubes (or a fixed choke that is moderate, cylinder, or improved cylinder bore), you can shoot rifled slugs just fine now. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Rifled slug barrel for sabot slugs which can be pretty accurate out to 75-100 yards. 2-3 inch groups are fairly common with the right ammo. You don't want to use shot in a rifled barrel it will make a pretty useless pattern. Smoothbore use rifled slugs and about 40-50 yards is what most people feel safe and is most accurate. Mossberg does make a very heavy well made slug barrel. Rifled slugs from a smooth barrel can be as accurate as sabot slugs from a rifled barrel and just as far away. The problem is that most smooth bore barrels just have a bead, and without optics or traditional iron sights, it's hard to aim consistently with just a bead. On top of that, most people don't want to try different slugs to find out what works well in their barrel, which doesn't help a bit. Get a smooth barrel with iron sights or mount an optic of some sort on the receiver and you'll be fine with rifled slugs. In fact, if you have a Mossberg with a smooth bore and changeable choke tubes (or a fixed choke that is moderate, cylinder, or improved cylinder bore), you can shoot rifled slugs just fine now. My Mossberg 500 is drilled and tap for an optic. So I could put a mount and a scope on it. I may just try that and see how it works. Thanks sir. |
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Posted: 6/12/2014 10:36:26 PM EDT
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Good advice. Thanks. Have you tried this route? Have you had any more or less success with certain types of slugs? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Rifled slug barrel for sabot slugs which can be pretty accurate out to 75-100 yards. 2-3 inch groups are fairly common with the right ammo. You don't want to use shot in a rifled barrel it will make a pretty useless pattern. Smoothbore use rifled slugs and about 40-50 yards is what most people feel safe and is most accurate. Mossberg does make a very heavy well made slug barrel. Whichever route you pick be sure and try several different brands of ammo as slug guns can be picky with what they like to shoot well. Good advice. Thanks. Have you tried this route? Have you had any more or less success with certain types of slugs? I was seriously looking into the same option as you last year. Talked with several guys who have hunted with slug guns. Picked up a 835 cheap and was looking at getting one of the rifled slug barrels. Ended up going a completely different route and got a Ruger 77/44. It shoots a 240 grain bullet close to what a 20 gauge 250 grain sabot flies at and has close to the same range. I'm like most people and shoot less than 100 yds where I hunt. |
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Posted: 6/13/2014 9:14:57 PM EDT
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meh.........how many gun[s] does one need, ammo is a different issue. (which if ya'll will remember some of previous post about stocking reloading components and stacking cubes of 22lr wouldn't be crying right now
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course a bike, nice bike that is, is all that's needed, riding them since I was a small skinny child putting many miles cruising over the years with air in my face, chick on the back and open road, which one of these days when I'm released to return to work, when able to I'm going to start saving funds to buy another cruiser I like. as for slug barrels, plain jane smooth bore barrels have worked fine shooting the ww and rem forester slugs in my experience, hell if you've got a 357mag, you got all the deer cartridge you need in you practice hitting what you aim at on a damn regular basis. |
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Posted: 6/14/2014 2:44:35 AM EDT
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course a bike, nice bike that is, is all that's needed, I agree with this. I've put over 4k on my bike since I bought it in September. Already have plans for getting a nice cruiser. 
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Posted: 6/14/2014 11:06:38 AM EDT
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meh.........how many gun[s] does one need, ammo is a different issue. (which if ya'll will remember some of previous post about stocking reloading components and stacking cubes of 22lr wouldn't be crying right now ).
course a bike, nice bike that is, is all that's needed, riding them since I was a small skinny child putting many miles cruising over the years with air in my face, chick on the back and open road, which one of these days when I'm released to return to work, when able to I'm going to start saving funds to buy another cruiser I like. as for slug barrels, plain jane smooth bore barrels have worked fine shooting the ww and rem forester slugs in my experience, hell if you've got a 357mag, you got all the deer cartridge you need in you practice hitting what you aim at on a damn regular basis. Yeah I am planning on hunting with my .357 mag. I got it sighted just like I want it. I was thinking I wanted something to supplement the magnum though. You know..... Something at 75 to 100 yards or better. I don't shoot far anymore. GLAD to hear you are still planning to be a rider! I couldn't do without my Harley!!! |
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Posted: 6/16/2014 7:33:41 AM EDT
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I agree with this. I've put over 4k on my bike since I bought it in September. Already have plans for getting a nice cruiser. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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course a bike, nice bike that is, is all that's needed, I agree with this. I've put over 4k on my bike since I bought it in September. Already have plans for getting a nice cruiser. you ride some but that's not very many miles per year, get to where you put 15k+/year on one
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Posted: 6/16/2014 7:36:35 AM EDT
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Yeah I am planning on hunting with my .357 mag. I got it sighted just like I want it. I was thinking I wanted something to supplement the magnum though. You know..... Something at 75 to 100 yards or better. I don't shoot far anymore. GLAD to hear you are still planning to be a rider! I couldn't do without my Harley!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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meh.........how many gun[s] does one need, ammo is a different issue. (which if ya'll will remember some of previous post about stocking reloading components and stacking cubes of 22lr wouldn't be crying right now ).
course a bike, nice bike that is, is all that's needed, riding them since I was a small skinny child putting many miles cruising over the years with air in my face, chick on the back and open road, which one of these days when I'm released to return to work, when able to I'm going to start saving funds to buy another cruiser I like. as for slug barrels, plain jane smooth bore barrels have worked fine shooting the ww and rem forester slugs in my experience, hell if you've got a 357mag, you got all the deer cartridge you need in you practice hitting what you aim at on a damn regular basis. Yeah I am planning on hunting with my .357 mag. I got it sighted just like I want it. I was thinking I wanted something to supplement the magnum though. You know..... Something at 75 to 100 yards or better. I don't shoot far anymore. GLAD to hear you are still planning to be a rider! I couldn't do without my Harley!!! get a bow, dozen arrows and practice, get a decent pair of hiking boots too, that way your feet are comfortable walking after you harley breaks down on the road 
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Posted: 6/16/2014 7:44:16 PM EDT
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you ride some but that's not very many miles per year, get to where you put 15k+/year on one Quote HistoryQuoted:
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course a bike, nice bike that is, is all that's needed, I agree with this. I've put over 4k on my bike since I bought it in September. Already have plans for getting a nice cruiser. you ride some but that's not very many miles per year, get to where you put 15k+/year on one For the last month I have been driving ~124 miles 5 days a week. I'm working on it.
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