I inherited two 20 gauge shotguns a few years ago and have yet to fire either of them. Recently, I found a property that is suitable to shoot at and got permission to do so. I've cleaned and gone over the two firearms, but have little experience with shotguns.
Ithaca Model 37, pump, 20 gauge
has 2 barrels, one appears to be cut to 18.5ish inches
Franchi Model 48, 20 gauge
I was thinking of trying these out - they both as far as I can tell seem to be in good condition and cycle dummy round fine. Couple questions and then general input requests.
1. How would you go about testing them?
2. Can slugs be fired out of any shotgun barrel? 3 years ago when I go them I did some research and got a small lot of various ammo for them, but am not sure if slugs are an issue or not depending on the choke of the barrels, which I believe I looked up before, but don't recall off the top of my head.
Ithaca Model 37, pump, 20 gauge
has 2 barrels, one appears to be cut to 18.5ish inches
Franchi Model 48, 20 gauge
I was thinking of trying these out - they both as far as I can tell seem to be in good condition and cycle dummy round fine. Couple questions and then general input requests.
1. How would you go about testing them?
2. Can slugs be fired out of any shotgun barrel? 3 years ago when I go them I did some research and got a small lot of various ammo for them, but am not sure if slugs are an issue or not depending on the choke of the barrels, which I believe I looked up before, but don't recall off the top of my head.