jug choked barrel

[bowkill]

I have a colerain jug choked turkey barrel 44 inches long, is it ok to shoot it with a roundball. Seems like i read somewhere that you can not shoot roundballs out of a juged barrel.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Yes. I have a jug choke in my New Englander and it still does well with a patched round ball.

 

[roundball]

I have a colerain jug choked turkey barrel 44 inches long, is it ok to shoot it with a roundball. Seems like i read somewhere that you can not shoot roundballs out of a juged barrel.

Just curious...I know that Colerain makes a Turkey barrel, but I didn't think it was Jug Choked...thought it was a tapered choke barrel.


At any rate, my Rice Jug Choked .62cal smoothbore barrel practically shoots groups like a rifle at the 50yds I've zeroed it

 

[bowkill]

I think you are right roundball, here is the barrel... http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Cate...atId=0&subId=0&styleId=0&partNum=COLE-20-44-T

 

[roundball]

Thanks...and maybe some others can chime on who have used such a barrel for PRBs...I'd be worried for the following reason and its pure speculation on my part:

Seems that PRBs would need to be smaller than normal in order to load through the muzzle, then as it was seated down into the full diameter bore it would be looser and looser.

I guess something like an Oxyoke wool over powder wad that could be curved to get in past the tapered choke then allowed to flatten back out to full cylinder bore size would help seal behind the PRB down bore.

Others might know better from actual hands on experience.

 

[Flintlock58]

The description of this barrel at TOW says "for fine shot only". I have a shorter version of this barrel made for me at Colerain. It is not jug choked. The choke is a the smaller diameter bore at the muzzle. In my opinion trying to put round balls thru this barrel would be like shooting slugs thru a full choked shotgun. I have not tried it and I wont.

 

[CoyoteJoe]

Nothing wrong with shooting slugs from a full choke breechloading shotgun. Modern factory loaded slugs are designed to be safe to fire from any gun in good condition and I've seen surprisingly good accuracy from a full choke. But that's entirely different from loading a ball down the muzzle. It's my understanding that the Colerain turkey choke is a rather extreme choke and a ball would have to be rather small to load through that choke.

 

[George]

It's my understanding that the Colerain turkey choke is a rather extreme choke and a ball would have to be rather small to load through that choke.

I have a Colerain 20 gauge with the turkey choke, and it measures .576", essentially a true 24 gauge, at the muzzle. It is a standard type choke constricted at the muzzle, not a jug choke.

Spence

 

[bowkill]

I think shooting round balls is out of the question. guess i will stick to shooting 5 shot at turkeys heads and a squirrel ever now and then.

 

[George]

.... guess i will stick to shooting 5 shot at turkeys heads and a squirrel ever now and then.

I've taken a dozen turkeys, one at 40 yards, using #6 shot with my barrel, and have killed one squirrel at 50 yards with the turkey load.

Colerain recommends 95 gr. FFg with an equal volume of shot, I do that except I use 80 grains of FFFg and 95 grains equivalent of shot.

 

[hounddog]

Gents, I have a 12 ga pedersolie turkyand trap shotgun. both bbls mike out at .675, normal full choke in modern guns is .700 or there bouts, My gun is choked 2x extra full . It is a specialized gun, I see no need to shoot ball thru this particular. I have 2 other smoothbores that are cyl bored, and I regularly sling a punkin ball or 2 down range with them. It really depends on your gun. yours arkansawwind