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10-25-2008, 10:53 PM
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turkey loads from a rifled slug barrel
Was thinking of getting a rifled slug barrel for my encore for a future deer hunt in IL. Was also wondering if that barrel could be effectively used during the spring turkey season? Will it pattern worth a hoot. Anyone here ever try it to see what the shot pattern looks like?
Billy 
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10-26-2008, 10:15 PM
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The rifling will cause a mess with a turkey load. It will have the wad and a significant amount of the shot load spinning as it comes out the barrel. That will cause the shot to spin off and out of the pattern.
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10-27-2008, 06:54 AM
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I agree with fabs
Being a slug barrel it is probably a pretty open bored barrel. Even is the rifling didn't screw up the pattern, the pattern would not be as tight as is needed to guarantee a tight pattern on a turkeys head/neck area that is needed for consistent kills.
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10-27-2008, 09:35 AM
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Re: turkey loads from a rifled slug barrel
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05-29-2009, 08:39 AM
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Re: turkey loads from a rifled slug barrel
As the others said: NO!!! If you want a barrel for turkey just buy a smoothbore barrel too - preferably one that is threaded for screw-in choke tubes.
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