Can a rifled slugs be shot 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.
What chokes for rifled slugs?
From what I remember, sabot slugs work best from rifled barrels. Forster type slugs (rifled slugs) work better from smoothbores.
Are Brenneke slugs good?
Brenneke slugs offer excellent power and accuracy at all reasonable ranges. Depending upon the cartridge, precise and fatal shots can be made well beyond 100 m. The use of a scope will allow accurate shot placement at longer distances. Open sights should be used only at close ranges.
Are Brenneke slugs rifled?
Both of these slugs are designed to be used only in full-rifled barrels and must not be fired from any type of choked barrel.
Are Brenneke slugs sabot?
¾” case. At the heart of the Brenneke TOPAS shotshells is a barrel-friendly blue plastic sabot which also integrates a wad, solidly connected with the cartridge. The sabot hosts a 20 grams (309 grains) slug in the 12-gauge version and a 17 grams (262 grains) slug in the 16-gauge load.
What size is a turkey choke?
When talking about chokes, it’s all about constriction and how well the shot patterns downrange. Modified chokes have a diameter of . 710 while an extra-full choke will have a diameter of . 685.
Can a Brenneke gold Magnum be used in a choke barrel?
Yes, all slugs, with the exception of the Brenneke Gold Magnum/Magnum Crush and all brass Super Sabot can be used. Both of these slugs are designed to be used only in full-rifled barrels and must not be fired from any type of choked barrel.
Can a Brenneke slug be used in a smooth bore barrel?
Our new (BET) wad column allows for improved reliability and ballistic performance. Can Brenneke USA slugs be used in either a rifle barrel or smooth bore barrel? Yes, all slugs, with the exception of the Brenneke Gold Magnum/Magnum Crush and all brass Super Sabot can be used.
Where does the lead go in a Brenneke slug?
As the slug passes through the three constricted areas, inside of the barrel, the Forcing Cone, Inside Bore, and then the Choke, the excess lead is squeezed into the gaps between the ribs with no damage to the barrel. Somewhat better accuracy may be noted when using the more open choke – Improved Cylinder.
How big is the expansion of a Brenneke slug?
All of the competitors slugs expanded, losing penetration. The expansion of the olther slugs varied from 0.654 to the Brenneke’s expansion of 2.275 inches. The recovered slugs retained weight loss varied from 72.03% to 99.46% in the Brenneke USA slug.