December 16, 2001, 07:31 PM | #1 |
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what happens if you use 00-buck in a Remington 870 Specail Purpose with a rfiled barrel?
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December 16, 2001, 07:55 PM | #2 |
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The spin imparted by the rifling will cause the shot column to widen to a larger pattern than usual, but to what extent I'm not sure.
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will it make the shotgun less accurate using buck shot? not useful for a home defense weapon? could it ruin the rifling?
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Maybe. No. 1,The input I've gotten from folks using those rifled bbls and shot is the pattern's history at an amazingly short range. One report was 36" at 5 yards.With the abundance of new and used smoothbore bbls, this is easily solved. 2,It would certainly reduce effectiveness, and possibly endanger non-perps. 3,It won't ruin the rifling, but you'll be scrubbing stuff outa those grooves ad infinitum. |
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how much would a short bbl in legal length cost?
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D@mn, we're on real time here. Check with your local gun shops that handles police turnins. Last time I looked, worn but serviceable 18", bead sight bbls were going for $75, but YMMV. These are near perfect for HD.Not bad for quail either.
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