BEST Shotgun SLUG for 32" Full Choke barrel

[etisll40]

I have an 1897 Shotgun and wonder if I can shoot and kill a deer with a Shotgun slug? It has a 32" barrel that is FULL CHOKE?

Is it safe to do?

Is there a particular brand of slugs to use? Type?

Got lots of deer.

 

[Yotekiller]

I don't think I would try shooting a slug through a full choke.

 

[TH]

I also would not shoot a slug through that barrel.

 

[snox801]

I would agree not the best idea.

 

[submoa]

Nope not the best thing here

 

[etisll40]

Thanks guys. I guess I will let it collect dust. I like to take a deer with every gun in the house. Maybe I'll shoot a squirrel with it, birdshot only of course!

 

[submoa]

It would be good for that or duck and goose or rabbits ;-)

 

[etisll40]

haha, you mean I shouldn't use my 22lr for flying geese, I wondered why I haven't bagged one with it yet. lol.

 

[TH]

It would also be good for trap and sporting clays

 

[snox801]

I see a new reason to by a slug gun in your future.

 

[submoa]

haha, you mean I shouldn't use my 22lr for flying geese, I wondered why I haven't bagged one with it yet. lol.

Well this is long RANGE hunting ;-) lol you were using steel bullets in that 22 right ;-) lol

 

[isaaccarlson]

I have shot foster slugs from a 20ga mossberg 485b with a full choke and they work just fine. Pretty accurate too. GREAT bird gun. Holds a tight enough pattern at 60 yards to drop a small pest bird stone dead with a puff of feathers. Works great on turkeys too!

 

[Yotekiller]

If it is legal in your state you could use buck shot.

 

[Broz]

I have an 1897 Shotgun and wonder if I can shoot and kill a deer with a Shotgun slug? It has a 32" barrel that is FULL CHOKE?

Is it safe to do?

Is there a particular brand of slugs to use? Type?

Got lots of deer.

I know those old Winchesters well. Killed my last Turkey with one and a stout turkey load. I would do a little test before you try a slug. See is a dime will fit in the barrel as a gauge. Many of these old timers had the choke already shot out of them before we ever got them. I have owned many that was closer to an improved a than the full choke they started life as. So why not do a little measuring. I think many of them already have a history with slugs and that can open up the full choke wedge. Especially if they come from a state where deer hunting is done with slugs and has been for years.lightbulb

Jeff