Hi everybody,
I already posted this in the gunsmith section but didn't get any responses. So I thought I'd ask here.
I have an import M87 copy of the Winchester 1887. It has a 20" smooth bore barrel. I've been thinking about turning it into a slug gun.
One option would be to have it reamed and threads cut for a screw in rifled choke tube.
Another option would be to replace the barrel with a fully rifled one. I have a Savage take off 24" rifled barrel and an ER Shaw 24" rifled blank.
I no longer have my lathe, so I'll have to send it out to have the work done.
If I went with the choke tube, I could always put in a regular one and hunt birds with it also...
From everything I've read on here, it would probably give much better accuracy with a fully rifled barrel.
Any thoughts on this?
Just leave it alone and buy a Savage bolt action slug gun? LoL