chopped barrel
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I just cut off about 4 inches from my 28 gauge single shot. It was a full choke barrel. What would it be now? Cylinder? Also, does the end of the barrel have to be perfectly square? It looks square but I don’t have the tools to really check it out. Does it really matter? Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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# # I just cut off about 4 inches from my 28 gauge single shot. It was a # full choke barrel. What would it be now? Cylinder? # Also, does the end of the barrel have to be perfectly square? It looks # square but I don’t have the tools to really check it out. Does it really # matter? # Its probably cylinder bore. As to if it matters if its square, take several different loads and shoot them at some big sheets of butchers paper, or large cardboard boxes at 20 or 30 yards. If the shot is hitting about where you aim, and the pattern is good…..shot dispersed evenly, then its cut square enough. madpoet Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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# # I just cut off about 4 inches from my 28 gauge single shot. It was a # full choke barrel. What would it be now? Cylinder? # Also, does the end of the barrel have to be perfectly square? It looks # square but I don’t have the tools to really check it out. Does it really # matter? # Its probably cylinder bore. As to if it matters if its square, take several different loads and shoot them at some big sheets of butchers paper, or large cardboard boxes at 20 or 30 yards. If the shot is hitting about where you aim, and the pattern is good…..shot dispersed evenly, then its cut square enough. madpoet Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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It’s now cylinder bore, and if your shooting slugs, it needs to be square. As the slug leaves the barrel, it’s direction is influenced by gas escaping out the short side of the muzzle. Some old muskets and shotguns were "sighted in" by filing the muzzle to steer the ball in the right direction, you may have to do something similar with yours, I’d start with a square muzzle first though. I haven’t tried this method, so can’t any further advice, I also don’t know if the line of flight goes away from the short side, or towards it. But would guess it goes away from it, imagining the early escape of gas on the short side causing a crossing rotation to the ball or slug. I wonder if a round ball is more or less influenced by this than a conical shaped slug would be. I don’t know if the squareness influences shot patterns. — Good fishing, Matt Moore Visit Matt’s Severum World at: http://www.virtualseeds.com/matt.html Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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Dan, You should have saved old targets. And compare the difference with patterns from the cut barrel. No knowbody can answer that better than you. What do you plan on hunting? kirk Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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Dan, You did what I was tempted to do on occasion with a 20 ga single. When I asked other hunters what would be the effect, they usually said "You would ruin your gun." You now have a gun that will point faster and have a VERY wide pattern with limited density which translates to a close-in type shooting iron. Would be effective I believe on upland game at close range or running off stray dogs at a distance. If it were mine, I would consider taking it to a smithy and see if he could tap the muzzle to accept the popular screw-in Win-Chokes. Then you could have a very versitile gun that would be easily adapted to many types of hunts. I bought a Winchester pump 1300 for that very reason. Using a relatively short barrel, it handles nicely, points fast and has the versatility of everything from X-tra FULL to IMP CYL. Of course, the 3 inch, 12 gauge shells hold enough shot to give me a dense pattern as well, even at a distance. Your 28 with Win-Chokes would be a gun that I would probably like to use a lot. My opinion… Johnny Angel Tennessee hunter Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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The gun will be used for grouse and rabbits. I have an 870 Rem Express for ducks, geese etc. The single shot is for hauling around on my back by a sling when on my ATV and when I am setting snares for snowshoe hares. The bush is so thick that the hares are usually shot at ranges from a few feet out to a maximum of 20 yards. The spruce grouse and the ruffed grouse, who are usually tame enough to sit still, are usually shot at similar ranges. Therefore, a full choke is actually a handicap at such short ranges. For years, I used a 12 gauge pump gun with variable choke for all of my small game hunting. I bought the Remington single shot 28 gauge last year for $30.00 and it is an excellent inexpensive light gun when ATVing. During moose season, the moose rifle is kept in the scabbord that is mounted on the ATV. I believe that light inexpensive single shot guns will become more and more popular for small game hunters who use, ATVs, mountain bikes, dirt bikes etc where hunting is not the primary objective but as a sideline. Don’t forget that a 28 gauge shoots just as far, as hard, as fast and has the same shot dispersion as a 10 gauge. The only difference being the amount of shot used in the shell. I have even shot ducks with my 28 gauge. You can usually sneak up to ducks on small ponds and you can get quiet close if you stay out of sight. I use 7
