Can you shoot 410 out of a 45 long colt?

Can you shoot 410 out of a 45 long colt?

45 long colt will not fire a . 410 shell. However, most single shot shotguns chambered in .

Can you shoot 410 out of 4570?

The 410 case will almost fit inside the 45-70 case.

Will a 410 slug kill a bear?

A 410 slug is very light for caliber and penetration will be poor. Can a 410 slug kill a bear? Yes, but the odds of it happening in an acceptable amount of time are not good.

Will a 410 slug kill a deer?

With proper shot placement, a . 410 shotgun will have no problem bringing down a deer, especially when the animal is within a reasonable range. Many hunters have killed good-sized deer with a . It all just comes down to where the bullet or slug hits the animal.

How far can you shoot a deer with a 410 slug?

410 slug has 654ft/lbs at muzzle, 348ft/lbs at 50 yards and 211ft/lbs at 100 yards. Compare that to the 20ga, which has 1513ft/lbs at muzzle, then 931 at 50 yards and 648 at 100 yards. So, the 20ga has the same energy at 100 yards as the . 410 has if you pressed the barrel to the deer.

Can I shoot a slug through a full choke?

A standard full choke with standard lead slugs is safe. Don’t matter if they are fixed chokes or interchangeable tubes. You probably won’t get good accuracy. The new sabot slugs or solid copper, really anything but lead, should probably not be used in full choke guns.

Can you shoot a .410 slug through a full choke?

You can safely shoot any STANDARD birdshot, buckshot OR rifled slug through any STANDARD choke from Cylinder Bore to Full. Since it’s guaranteed people WILL shoot slugs through Full chokes, the rifling “fins” on rifled slugs are designed to easily swage down to pass safely through the choke.

What happens if you shoot a slug through a choke?

Registered. Yes you can fire a rifled slug through a screw in choke. It’s the same as a fixed choke barrel when it’s screwed in. They usually work best with improved cyl.Do not ever fire your gun without a choke tube in it,it will mess up the threads in the barrel.

Do I need a choke to shoot slugs?

You should not shoot slugs—or any other shot—through your barrel without a choke in place, since there is a very real possibility that you will damage the threading. The conventional wisdom has long been that these slugs perform best with an Improved Cylinder choke.

How much does a 12 gauge slug drop at 100 yards?

A 12 gauge slug is still traveling at around 1000 ft/s after 100 yards and won’t drop until the 130 yard mark. At 200 yards it’s only dropped around 10 inches.

How accurate are rifled slugs in a smooth barrel?

The effective range of rifled slugs is considerably less than that of saboted loads. But most shots taken at woodland deer are within 100 yards. Using a rifled or full-bore slug is no disadvantage at this relatively close range, but only if you can place the slug where you want it.

How far can you accurately shoot a 12 gauge slug?

about 75 yards

What is the most accurate shotgun slug?

Here are the best options we found — a “top 10” list of today’s best slug guns.

  • 1: Savage 212 and 220.
  • 2: Winchester SX3 Cantilever Buck.
  • 3: Remington 870 SPS ShurShot Synthetic Super Slug.
  • 4: Browning A-Bolt Shotgun.
  • 5: Benelli SBE II Slug Gun.
  • 6: Weatherby PA-08 08 Slug Gun Combo.
  • 7: Mossberg 500 FLEX Slugster.

Will rifled slugs damage a rifled barrel?

Rifled slugs are designed to impart a spin, albeit less stable, through a smoothbore. Rifled barrels are designed to impart spin on a smooth sabot. The physics of the differing types of spin causes an erratic motion to be imparted upon the slug. Furthermore, the rifled slug could damage the rifled barrel.

Is it OK to shoot buckshot through a rifled barrel?

If a person asks, “Can I use a rifled barrel to shoot buckshot?”, the answer is, “Yes, but it will cause a very large increase in pattern size.” And, past 12 yards, you would probably miss with more buckshot than you will hit with. And remember, you are responsible for every round of shot that goes down range.

Can you shoot slugs out of a cylinder bore?

You can fire slugs with your cylinder bore barrel, rifled slugs (also refered to as Foster Type) are designed for smoothbore/cylinder bore barrels. Sabot slugs are designed to be used in fully rifled barrel, (sometimes called a slug barrel).

Can you shoot buckshot through a smooth bore slug barrel?

You can safely shoot small shot, buckshot, or slugs in that barrel safely. It will be a scatter gun due to little or no choke.

Can you shoot 00 buckshot through a full choke?

You can shoot 00 Buck through any kind of choke, screw in or not. However if you shoot it through a very tight choke (like a full) you might get weird patterns, and it will likely spread more than with a more open choke. Modified is fine though.

Will birdshot damage a rifled barrel?

First it will not hurt the gun shooting shot down a rifled barrel but the lead will foul up the rifling and effect accuracy even with just one shot.

Can you shoot a sabot slug out of a smooth bore?

Definitely, a sabot slug should always be used in a rifled shotgun barrel. You can also use sabot slugs in a smoothbore barrel but most hunters see it as a waste of money to do so.

Can you fire a rifled slug through a smooth bore?

In addition to shooting shot, you can also shoot slugs out of a smooth bore barrel. If you are taking closer shots (less than 100 yards), a smooth bore may be sufficient. When using a smooth bore, your projectile will still have spin on it because the projectile will be rifled.

How far can you shoot a sabot slug?

The sabot falls away from the slug after leaving the barrel. A saboted slug maintains accuracy at a longer range–120 yards is not too much to ask from a finely tuned slug gun with a rifled barrel and scope, and some deer hunters feel confident out to 150 yards.

What is better buckshot or slug?

The big advantage of using a slug is that it has a much longer effective range than buckshot. Additionally, shotgun slugs retain their energy better and typically penetrate much deeper than buckshot. A shotgun shooting a slug is also much more precise than a shotgun shooting buckshot.