fire58 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Is it OK to shoot rifled slugs through a rifled barrel? I have heard and read numerous answers. The best pattern I have yet is from cheap Winchester rifled slugs through my Hastings rifled slug barrel on my Super Nova. The Hornady SST were all over the place. Can this actually damage the barrel or is that just hear-say? Thanks, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 HASTINGS P.O Box 224, 320 Court Clay Center, Kansas 67432 Phone: (785) 632-3169 Fax: (785) 632-6554 E-mail: [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beurhero1 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Be sure to clean your rifled barrel often if you use rifled slugs, because the lead will foul up the rifling fairly quickly. Other than that rifled slugs should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashtx556ftw Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 have you tryed sabbot slugs. they are designed for rifled barrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire58 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Yes, the Hornady SST's are sabbot's. They shot great last year when I tried them, and then this year with slugs from the same batch they were terrible, while the rifled slugs shot great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Were the rifled slugs from last year or purchased recently? I've had some ammo just not be as good the following season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire58 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Yes, they were purchased at the same time, as a matter of fact some were from the same box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hmmm! Just read another post where the gentlemen did not prefer SSTs. No personnel experience with them. I've only used Brenneke and Lightfield. I guess that's why you should always shoot your gun preseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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