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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 190150" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>Re: Pinning the barrel - Barrels that are slid into the receiver and held in place by a screw/knob at the end of the magazine tube tend to move around under fire. This isn't a problem when shooting shot but it really doesn't do much for accuracy when shooting single projectile loads (slugs). In an effort to minimize this rather loose fitting arrangement some sluggunners have the barrel permanently "pinned" to the receiver. A small hole is drilled through the receiver & barrel so that a pin can be driven into place which locks the two together. The only down side to doing this is that you can't just pull the barrel off and put a smooth bore barrel on for turkey or small game hunting. It "dedicates" the gun for slug use.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I look at a slug gun as a 100-125yd biggame gun. If you can get a sluggun to shoot 3" groups at 100yds there seems to be no real advantage to jumping through hoops to getting more accuracy. I shoot an 11-87, for which I own 3 barrels. One of them is a rifled, cantilevered slug barrel. Federal Premium Barnes slugs easily shoot into 3" groups. I'm sure that a 5" group @ 125yds wouldn't be too difficult. </p><p></p><p>Bottom line (for me anyway) - experiment with different slugs for best accuracy and leave it at that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 190150, member: 313"] Re: Pinning the barrel - Barrels that are slid into the receiver and held in place by a screw/knob at the end of the magazine tube tend to move around under fire. This isn't a problem when shooting shot but it really doesn't do much for accuracy when shooting single projectile loads (slugs). In an effort to minimize this rather loose fitting arrangement some sluggunners have the barrel permanently "pinned" to the receiver. A small hole is drilled through the receiver & barrel so that a pin can be driven into place which locks the two together. The only down side to doing this is that you can't just pull the barrel off and put a smooth bore barrel on for turkey or small game hunting. It "dedicates" the gun for slug use. Personally, I look at a slug gun as a 100-125yd biggame gun. If you can get a sluggun to shoot 3" groups at 100yds there seems to be no real advantage to jumping through hoops to getting more accuracy. I shoot an 11-87, for which I own 3 barrels. One of them is a rifled, cantilevered slug barrel. Federal Premium Barnes slugs easily shoot into 3" groups. I'm sure that a 5" group @ 125yds wouldn't be too difficult. Bottom line (for me anyway) - experiment with different slugs for best accuracy and leave it at that. [/QUOTE]
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