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Question about buckshot in slug barrel
B17-P51
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As we all know there are alot of newcomers to firearms. A female Co -worker ask me today if there is any danger involved if a Buckshot round were fired through a "Deer shotgun". It seems that this woman who is divorced, got what we determined through description is a Remington 870 with a slug barrel (with sights) out of the divorce. She wants to use it as house gun (no children) but doesnt want to shoot slugs for obvious reasons. I didn't think that would be harmful as there is no choke involved but wondered if there could be any harm, or possible benefits to this setup. What say You?
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Just because it has sights doesn’t mean it’s a rifled barrel. I bought a Remington 870 in 1974 new that was sold as a riot gun for police, it had sights but was a smooth bore with an improved cylinder bore. I still have the shotgun but sold the barrels years ago and replaced it with a 21 inch turkey barrel. Now as far as shooting shot shells out of a rifled slug barrel, I have done that to see what what would happen, the best way I can describe the pattern would be to compare it to a claymore mine going off, LOL. Anything in front of you is app to get hit.