Hello - This may be a silly question, but I'd rather risk a stupid question than risk damage to my gun.
I have a collection of 2 3/4" 00 buckshot and rifled slugs that I've purchased over the past few years. I was planning to use them as a home defense load and buy a pump gun for it, but I'm not going to do that. So eventually I'll probably sell most of it.
But before I do, I figure I might as well shoot some of it, just for the experience. (I've never fired 00 buck loads or rifled slugs before.)
I'm thinking of shooting both of these loads out of my Beretta 391 field gun with a 28" barrel. This leads me to my two questions:
1) Is it safe to do so, in terms of not damaging the barrel? By that I mean, are 00 buck or rifled slugs somehow too large of a shot size for a field barrel? (Since I believe most field loads are smaller shot sizes like 7 or 8.)
2) What is the smallest I should go on a choke, again to avoid any possible risk of damage? From what I've read on some web sites, the conventional wisdom is that you should not go tighter than a Modified choke when shooting 00 buck, and you should not go tighter than Improved Cylinder for rifled slugs.
I'd be interested in your answers to both questions.
Thanks
I have a collection of 2 3/4" 00 buckshot and rifled slugs that I've purchased over the past few years. I was planning to use them as a home defense load and buy a pump gun for it, but I'm not going to do that. So eventually I'll probably sell most of it.
But before I do, I figure I might as well shoot some of it, just for the experience. (I've never fired 00 buck loads or rifled slugs before.)
I'm thinking of shooting both of these loads out of my Beretta 391 field gun with a 28" barrel. This leads me to my two questions:
1) Is it safe to do so, in terms of not damaging the barrel? By that I mean, are 00 buck or rifled slugs somehow too large of a shot size for a field barrel? (Since I believe most field loads are smaller shot sizes like 7 or 8.)
2) What is the smallest I should go on a choke, again to avoid any possible risk of damage? From what I've read on some web sites, the conventional wisdom is that you should not go tighter than a Modified choke when shooting 00 buck, and you should not go tighter than Improved Cylinder for rifled slugs.
I'd be interested in your answers to both questions.
Thanks