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Rem 870 Deer Barrel
bob6565
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I will be purchasing a rifle sight barrel for my son's 870 Jr 20ga. My question is, can you shoot buck shot from a rifled barrel? Here in NJ I like to use a slug backed up with buck shot. (You don't want them to run far, they get into neighborhoods.) Just wondering if I can use a rifled barrel with buck shot or should I purchase a smooth bore.
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If you must use Buckshot Use a Smooth Bore[^] Enjoy the Forums
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I would use a smoothe bore barrel anyway. For the most part a good rifled slug like the Brenneke, or most Winchester, Federal, or Remington Rifled slugs will shoot 3-4 inch groups at 100 yards, and some much better. You can also use the smoothe bore barrel for shot...oncluding buckshot. You might get one that has a choke tube too, that can be changed out for a rifled choke tube, or any choke constriction you want.
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You might get away with a Hastings or an E.R. Shaw barrel and rifled slugs or bird shot. The Remington Barrels are made by Mossberg, and have very sharp cut deep rifling for sabbot use only.
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Shot from rifled barrels tends to be like spraying a stream through a shower head. Grooves tend to lead up too.
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Second on using a smooth barrel for rifled alugs. We scraped a rifled barrel and replaced it with a shot barrel and accuracy actually improved.
Shot from rifled barrels tends to be like spraying a stream through a shower head. Grooves tend to lead up too.
Sorry woodshed, offers to buy or sell are not allowed on this forum, but the barrel in question is not for sale, it is government property and would have to go through a bid process. Sorry.