Thread: Please Help Out a Shotgun Noob

Quote: Originally Posted by Gordon Gekko You guys are awesome. Thanks for the very helpful information. What kind of slugs do you guys recommend? I know ruprick likes the Remington Buckhammers. Does anybody else have experience with these slugs? Are they of good quality? I am looking for high quality ammo. Any US manufactured shotgun slugs will do fine. Not sure what you mean by "high quality". Wilhelm Brenneke's slugs...

You guys are awesome. Thanks for the very helpful information. What kind of slugs do you guys recommend? I know ruprick likes the Remington Buckhammers. Does anybody else have experience with these slugs? Are they of good quality? I am looking for high quality ammo.

As an FYI.....get a 'bore snake'. It's a length of woven fabric with some copper bristles in it. Right after firing the gun, while the barrel is still warm, pass the snake through the barrel a couple of times. It easily removes the plastic film left by the shotgun shell and reduces post fire cleaning to zero.

Quote: Originally Posted by ONG I have 2 870's one tactical one Fudd. Red and green works justs as well in either one. Never heard a stock shotgun referred to using that term. That's a keeper! Be verwy, verwy quiet...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gordon Gekko Since my shotgun has this piece, does that mean I can't shoot slugs through it since it is a "choked" barrel? All the Rem choke is, is REMOVABLE . You can put all the different chokes in your shotgun (being it was made for that model). All that does is change the way the SHOT will pattern. Hey Ruprick, "Sure know your weapons buddy."

Three points if I may 1.) If the 870 was unsafe to shoot slugs through it would have been stamped in blazing orange all over the receiver, the box, the stock the whole nine yards. CYA don't you know. 2.) On slug selection the saying goes "green is mean but red is dead." (Remington slugs are green, Winchester are red.) I have 2 870's one tactical one Fudd. Red and green works justs as well in either one. 3.) I agree...

It's a tatical gun, I'm not sure why you want to shoot slugs out of it.

Silver city nailed it on the advice GG, but when it comes down to it a smoothbore will fire anything it will chamber, you won't blow it up or anything but you can mess up fancy chokes. I screw in CB chokes and have at it unless the wife unit and I are shooting trap with another couple. Then we screw in the AA skeet chokes and, well, win! They get switched back out to CB for regular use as soon as I clean them.

Quote: My questions: 1. Since it has a smoothbore barrel, I am assuming I would want to buy rifled slugs as opposed to not-rifled slugs? (I already have plenty of 00 Buck, but figured I should get some slugs as well). 2. Since my shotgun has that sharp choke on the end that screws on and off, does that mean I am not supposed to shoot slugs? I have read that you are not supposed to shoot slugs with shotguns that have a choke. 3. When cleaning...

Have any of you tried CFC Brakleen instead of Gunscrubber for cleaning? It does the same job at about 50% of the cost, sometimes less if you shop around a bit. I've never had any issues with it taking a finish off.