Has anyone compared the patterns from a rifled barrel to that of various chokes in a smooth bore?
Has anyone compared the patterns from a rifled barrel to that of various chokes in a smooth bore?
Scott
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I haven't tried buckshot but I have shot birdshot from a rifled barrel and it is just like HT says, an area in the middle of the target with zero hits.
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Seems like a desperation application
Ok what about .410 buckshot loads in a Judge or Govenor?
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jd,
I have some winchester 410 2.5" 000 buckshot. I will test them in my rifled barrel 410 marlin once I finish building it. Waiting on the barrel from JES, rest of gun is finished.
BB
Those 5 pellet OOO Federal 3" 410 loads are great medicine. I watched a buddy put 2 pellets in a snuff can at 45 yd from an old single shot long barrel full choke. One of his neices killed a doe at 25 yds with that combo from a ground blind.
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I use #000 in a Governor
It goes 16 inches in bare gelatin
Very similar to getting smoked by Wild Bill Hickok with his .36 caliber revolvers, but rather than a single hit, 4 at once.
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Last edited by gpidaho; 06-24-2018 at 09:15 AM.
There would seem to be a big difference between firing an in-line buckshot load through a proper rifled shotgun barrel and an overbore rifled barrel such as found on .45/.410 revolvers.
Now, while I have not personally tried TriBall 12 gauge buckshot through a rifled barrel, I am aware of a number of reports of tight patterns fired from such barrels.
Something to think about.
Last edited by RMc; 06-26-2018 at 04:20 PM.
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