Benelli M1 super 90

Gene B.

does anyone make a fully rifled cantilever slug barrel for the benelli m1 super 90 12 gauge shotgun? thanks

Gene B.

Would I be able to shoot slugs out of a Benelli M1 super 90?

OPERATOR

Defenitely... although since your (and mine) super90 comes with a smooth bore barrel, your accuracy might suffer, to put it nicely.


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JustC

You can't shoot the saboted slugs, they are made for rifled barrels. You have to shoot the slugs with no sabot, but have their own little bit of rifling on the sides, or what they call Punkin Balls.

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offeror

Brennekes should do the job nicely for you. I'm still trying to figure out if BRI Sabots, which go down the barrel encased in plastic, can be accurate from a smooth bore. But the Brennekes, I'm told, do work in cylinder bore.

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why not just buy a slug barrel for it

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gmccon

Can I shoot 'shot' through a rifled barrel? (I get one stupid question a day, right?)

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ebeshirs

GMCCON,
You can, but your patterns would be horribly wide.

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offeror

This just came up in a conversation with a gun store guy who is of the opinion that you can, but besides reduced accuracy, it would also screw up the rifling in the barrel over time. A second barrel is a far better solution. Get yourself a Benelli improved cylinder barrel and you'll be all set (assuming they're changeable...).

A Remington 870 with a 2-barrel combo is only around $410 these days. Personally, I think I'd buy the Rem 870 magnum with the 20" rifled, sighted barrel and buy an 18" cylinder barrel separately, if I couldn't afford the Benelli semi-auto. Obviously, Mossberg combos are also available and I believe are even cheaper than the Rem.

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Txs

Slug patterns with a smooth bore won't be tight, but I wouldn't describe them as horrible either. In my experience, you can expect about a 10 in. group at 100 yds. when standard Foster type slugs through a Remington 870 with an improved cylinder barrel and only a bead sight. Rifle sights or some type of scope would cut this down considerably.

To prove a point I once fired an entire police qualification course that included slugs out to 50 yds. while using a bead sighted, pistol gripped Rem 870 with an 18 in. cylinder bored barrel. It's a matter of technique and learning the gun.

You won't get sniper grade accuracy, but good enough for a deer or man sized target when you're launching a .72 caliber/1 oz. projectile at velocities comparable to a .44 magnum.

bambihunter

The rifled slug barrel for these aren't cheap. I bought an E.R. Shaw barrel for around $400, but it would use the same forearm (on my SBE), if memory serves, if you buy a Benelli factory slug barrel you have to change the forearm. Several companies make a rifled extended choke that fit the Benelli/Beretta thread pattern. This would likely be the best low-cost option.
I have shot plastic-sabot slugs through a SBE using skeet choke, they would work fine for deer sized game out to at least 50 yards. With the E.R. Shaw barrel, I could shoot less than 2" groups (usually closer to 1") at 100 yards. That's not bad for a slug gun.

HappyNanoq

You can shoot slugs through near any smoothbore shotgun, if it's in good condition and good quality steel.

With the Brenneke slugs, the fins on the side are big enough to allow the slug to run through a full-choke.
I have never used slugs in anything bigger than 1/2-choke in the Winchester 1500XTR I once had - that went fine and presision was okay.


If you want good presision slug-shooting, go for a slugbarrel.
It also takes your effective range about 50-80% further out than a normal smoothbore-barrel could take it.
I mean, it is more accurate at longer distances..

If you shoot shot-shells and slugs on the same day - you can stay with a smoothbore.


Anyways, I have only used slugs for fun at shorter ranges like 20yards.
They will make a nasty bite in a 2" * 4" wooden pole - sometimes even crack the heck out of it.


You can get two versions of the slug-barrel for the Benelli M1 Super 90.

That is a picture of the barrel :
Click on this and take a look.!


The two versions are :
47centimeters(18") - 3"-chamber
50centimeters(20") - 3"-chamber

Both have rear sight with windage adjustment and fixed metal front sight. I don't know about the cost, I just know they make those two versions.


If you shoot shot-shells in a slug-barrel, you will get a really wide pellet-placement.
I have seen people use "Streukreutz"-chokes for skeetshooting - those are eccentially a choke with riflings in the choke.
You will get about double the spread as you would from a standard cylinder-choke - if you used the Streukreutz-choke.



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