shot gun question

[ForOffRoadDriving]

i was looking at getting a slug barrel for my beneli nova 12ga. last dear season,but after some searching i found out it would only cost me $50 more to buy a whole new beneli nova with the slug barrel on it then to buy just the barrel. i still havent bought one due to my ranger build project and the fact that it is approaching the $8k mark. hopefully when its all payed for i can go buy more guns!

 

[Rembrandt]

The Mavericks have 3 different models. An all purpose model which I have has a 28" non-ported ventilated tube with an interchangeable Accu-Choke system. Then there are 2 slug models one with a rifled barrel and one with not and sorter barrels if I'm not mistaken, not sure the length though.

One way to tell which model you have is if you have rifle sights on it, then it is slug model. If you don't then it is an all purpose.

I bought mine at Walmart since I found it pretty cheap there. I have never seen a Maverick slug model in stores anywhere except in a couple gun shops.

All the Maverick barrels are interchangable with the Mossberg 500 model ones. So you can swap it out if you want to. I never saw the need to since i never have had a problem with it shooting bird shot. I might change to a shorter barrel down the road since for my taste the 28" I have is too long for slinging around for trap shooting.

I also have an old Remington bolt action magazine fed 20 guage I use that is alot more fun. It's currently apart though cuz I need to replace a few bolt parts.

 

[74duster318]

The Mavericks have 3 different models. An all purpose model which I have has a 28" non-ported ventilated tube with an interchangeable Accu-Choke system. Then there are 2 slug models one with a rifled barrel and one with not and sorter barrels if I'm not mistaken, not sure the length though.

One way to tell which model you have is if you have rifle sights on it, then it is slug model. If you don't then it is an all purpose.

I bought mine at Walmart since I found it pretty cheap there. I have never seen a Maverick slug model in stores anywhere except in a couple gun shops.

All the Maverick barrels are interchangable with the Mossberg 500 model ones. So you can swap it out if you want to. I never saw the need to since i never have had a problem with it shooting bird shot. I might change to a shorter barrel down the road since for my taste the 28" I have is too long for slinging around for trap shooting.

I also have an old Remington bolt action magazine fed 20 guage I use that is alot more fun. It's currently apart though cuz I need to replace a few bolt parts.

So you have a standard 28" smooth bore barrel.

The OP mentioned he has a rifled barrel, which is meant for slugs. You can shoot sabots and rifled slugs (what the rifled barrels are meant for, and will be most accurate with), and you can also shoot foster slugs (originally designed for smooth bore barrels, but will benefit from a rifled barrel). Birdshot and buckshot is meant for a smooth bore barrel. You can probably shoot rifled slugs through a smooth bore barrel, but it won't do a whole lot. There is no rifling in a smooth bore barrel for a rifled slug to engage, so accuracy will lack and the slug will not spin.

If you know what you're going to use the gun for, you best get the proper barrel for it's use. With the rifled barrel as you said it has, it's a ready to go deer gun with slugs. If you plan on shooting trap or birds, or use it for home defense, get a new barrel or gun. Used 500 barrels are pretty easy to come by, gun shows and gun shops will probably have a few laying around. Used will do fine, no need to buy a new one.
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[lil_Blue_Ford]

FYI, if you don't have the owners manual for a particular firearm you can write the manufacturer and request an owners manual, they'll send one out for free and it's always a good idea to have one of those.

 

[sweetwaterbroncoII]

I am a POST certified police officer in Tennessee...have shot Expert for 9 years, have attended long distance school and advanced firearms training.....you can use rifled slugs in any shotgun...the rifleling in the slug just gives you better distance, I have used Mossberg as an on duty shitgun....they don't require any special ammunition....whatever your prefernce is should do.

 

[sweetwaterbroncoII]

You don't have to have a rifled barrel for rifled slugs to work...that why the slugs are rifled.....so you can get better distance than with a traditional nonrifled slug.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

You don't have to have a rifled barrel for rifled slugs to work...that why the slugs are rifled.....so you can get better distance than with a traditional nonrifled slug.

This is true... but it's been my experience that even a rifled slug out of a non-rifled barrel is somewhat inaccurate. I missed a few deer because of that, half of hitting a deer at anything over about 50 yards required a degree of luck. When I went to a rifled slug barrel, anything within 100yards was as good as on the ground.

 

[sweetwaterbroncoII]

Having both will improve distance and accuracy, as with two heads is better than one! From my experience a rifled slug with a non rifled barrell is accurate from around 75-80 yards.

 

[74duster318]

I think the key fact that seems to be overlooked here is the barrel, not the ammunition. A cylinder bore barrel/smooth bore barrel can shoot just about any shotgun shell there is, slugs included. With a rifled barrel, however, spinning shot will widen the pattern at a much shorter distance, and isn't good for much of anything. Rifled barrels aren't meant for shot, period.

Anybody can say they shoot a Mossberg, Maverick, Benelli, Stoeger, Remington, or whatever. They can say they shoot any type of ammunition they want. But the type of barrel makes a huge difference.

If you're saying you could shoot anything out of the Mossberg you used, and it was a cylinder bore barrel, you should mention it. In that case, telling someone they can shoot anything out of their rifled barrel wouldn't be the best idea.
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[sweetwaterbroncoII]

You need to talk to more gun experts or get more training...the type of barrell does make a huge difference...are talking about accuracy or damaging your barrell...you can shoot shot out of a rifled barrell, but you will lose accuracy in the process, it wont damage the barrell. What you guys used your shotguns for and what I used mine for are two completely different things.

 

[red98ranger]

do not use the rifled slugs those are for use in a smooth barrel and will gum up the rifling. Every one that i have talked to has been very impressed with the sabot slugs accuracy though they do get expensive pretty quick

 

[LearjetMinako]

do not use the rifled slugs those are for use in a smooth barrel and will gum up the rifling.

Isn't that the reason for cleaning firearms after firing them.

 

[fordktpjoe]

do not use the rifled slugs those are for use in a smooth barrel and will gum up the rifling.

While this IS a possibility, it is a miniscule one. Sure lead is going to be "shaved" off of the slug itself simply from trying to line up it's lands and grooves with the lands and grooves in the barrel, lead being the softer material is going to "give" first, but unless you're running hundreds of rounds a year through the gun, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. If it worries you, take it to your local gunsmith and he can tell you if it's "leaded up" any, and he'll know what to do.

Isn't that the reason for cleaning firearms after firing them.

Nope. firearms are cleaned after shooting to remove any powder fouling and corrosive agents left behind by burned gunpowder, (and the unburned particles). Some gunpowders are VERY dirty! most folks just run a brush/patch with some Hoppe's no.9 or some "Ed's Red" through the barrel followed by an oiled one......this WILL NOT remove lead fouling.

Note I am not calling you out specifically......just saying most folks.

 

[74duster318]

do not use the rifled slugs those are for use in a smooth barrel and will gum up the rifling. Every one that i have talked to has been very impressed with the sabot slugs accuracy though they do get expensive pretty quick

Maybe if you use a rifled choke... Otherwise there isn't much of an advantage over a foster slug. Rifled slugs are meant to engage rifling. A rifled slug in a smooth bore is pointless.
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[bmacsys]

If you don't hunt deer that barrel is useless.