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I CLP everything. But I wipe down the pistols and every other gas-system component until it is dry afterwards. I do it for rust prevention, not lube.

The rifling on a rifled slug was meant to collapse/be shaved when being fired through a full-choke so as to avoid damage to a weapon. It looks really nice and pretty if you pull it from the case, but think how roughed up those "fins" get bouncing around a barrel and slamming into a choke tube, even an IC? High-speed photography has proven that it does spin...some. However, this spinning is not going to stabalize the slug. What stabalizes a Foster slug is it's weight-foreward design. It is more like a shuttle-cock than a rifle projectile.

3-shot group using Remington 1oz Slugger slugs from my M4. I was standing, firing without a sling, taking maybe 5-8 seconds max between shots. Weapon used was an M4 with an IC choke tube. I have not gotten my Pride-Fowler/Larue combo yet. At 25 yards, it produces 2-3" groups offhand without a problem. Using Winchester Power Point slugs, it seems to group about 2/3 as large as with remington slugs.

On the show they may have used the mil-spec no-choke tube barrel and the commercial choke-tube barrel is built to different spec. I didn't see it, and so I don't know.

I have used: Primos Dead-deer choke .685 Carlsons extended full .695 Benelli Mod Benelli IC So far I am ordering a Trulock IC choke. IC did the best with buckshot and slugs for me. The Primos Dead-Deer choke did throw some good patterns though. It cost me $30. As did the Carlson's .695 Full choke. If you want, I could sell you my Carlson's (it threw good patterns with small shot, not very good at all with buck, but each gun is different). and my Primos Dead Deer choke. PM me if interested.

Today for my M4 I ordered: Trulock FLush-mount IC choke (IC Patterns best with buchshot out of my M4) Larue low-pro QD mount Iron Dot base and Pride Fowlder red-dot sight Giles Tactical 3pt sling Mesa Tactical 4-round buttstock shell holder. CR1632 battery for red-dot optic. Will post pics when I bolt her all togather.

*Caugh* SBS TIME! *CAUGH*

I just blasted my tube with it and shook it around and let it drain and and accepted that it was gonna splatter and leak for a bit. I gun-scrubbered it out first though, wanted to get all the packing grease out first.

Use a heavier load. Putting a heavier spring in that weapon will just make things worse. If anything, put a reduced spring in it for firing weak loads. I would leave it alone and modify your ammunition choice.

What does your ejection pattern look like when you shoot the pheasant rounds and it DOES eject? (Distance/O'clock angle from the port)?

When I got my M4 I was too stoked to take her completely apart. I just took the handguards off, verified the piston caps were tight and the pistons moved freely, made sure the choke was tight, and then hosed the BCG with a tad of breakfree and went

+1 Nothing tube-like about it except the shaft EOTech is giving it's customers by not recognizing/fixing the design flaw that causes the battery-drain issue some experience.

Hrmmm, I sighted the weapon as per Benelli specs. They have a very unique way of doing it. The top of the FSP is level with the MIDDLE of the dots on the rear aperature, and the FSP is horizontally bisecting the target.

and all this time I thought that was what this was

Yep, no way no how. Just get a QD mount and if it goes TU, take it off and go irons.

What slugs were you using? Use used the stock choke right? How many notches are cut on the end of it?

There is a time and a place for everything. Hunting deer with your buddies, time for the safety. Taking your kid shooting, time for the safety. However, going into combat, a dedicated carry/self defence weapon that doesn't have an exposed hammer or one that has a means to stop the hammer from striking the firing pin if it does, time to excercise finger-control. YMMV

+1, I am an idealist "do it all" person though. No logic to my madness, just a college student's budget and trying to make up for selling my AR.

No, it just means "for best accuracy". You could still shoot them through a full-choke, but I see no point in it. It should be safe though.

I stand corrected by WInchester***SEE EDIT***. I have heard C/Mod/IC for slugs all time time, with IC getting the nod. Question: What slug design should I be using in my shotgun? Answer: Winchester Ammunition offers two slug designs, the sabot slug or the rifled slug. Sabot slugs are designed to be used in rifled barrels or in smooth barrels with a rifled choke tube. Rifled slugs are designed to be used in smooth barrels. We have found the best accuracy when using rifled slugs in a cylinder or modified choke. ETA: I think this is a typo on Winchester's part. "Cylinder or modified" is like saying. "A .22 or a .270 is best to shoot squirrels". It makes no sense. Rather I think they meant Cyl or IC. As it is logically the next step instead of skipping a full .01" in constriction. Am I explaining my thought process well enough? Well, I will indeed go with the IC choke, I want good performance with slugs. I DID replace my AR with this M4 (No need for 600 yard capability where I live). and I doubt OO buck will spread very much in my humble appartment.

Not with normal slugs, go to the store and pick up some "remington Slugger" slugs. Look on the side of the box near the trajectory chart (to the left of it, to be technical). It will tell you "Can be fired through any choke, but best results with IC". The slug is some seriously soft lead, the steel shot is very hard. I would like to see a stress-guage reading though comparing the two. Could be interesting.

Yep, my rear handguard ring is rock-solid as it is pinned down by the tube. I did, however, use locktite though. I want my mag-tube to stay there, and if it ever REALLY needs to come off, well, I got the other one off didn't I

Yep, here in a week or 2, they will be getting a call from me. Larue is only half a state away, should have it within 2 days of order.

Do you know how the Glock Safe-action pistol works? Your comments lead me to belive that you are unfamiliar with it. Handle one sometime. Try to get it to go bang without pressing the center tab on the trigger. Go on. Try it.

If you have any Glocks, Sigs, or revolvers, I will buy them from you at a greatly reduced price. They are obviously unsafe Seriously though, safety off, tube full, shell on the lifter, hammer down. That is how my M4 is stored.