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12ga slugs.

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  • 25-02-2006 9:32pm
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    monksavage
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    Does anyone kno what the story is with getting shotgun slugs? A fella told me he thinks I might need to get a permission slip from the gardai but he wasnt sure. I have a Remmington 870 and I just want them for targets.


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    Riggser
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    monksavage wrote:
    I have a Remmington 870 and I just want them for targets.

    Yeah right ;)


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    Clare gunner
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    monksavage wrote:
    Does anyone kno what the story is with getting shotgun slugs? A fella told me he thinks I might need to get a permission slip from the gardai but he wasnt sure. I have a Remmington 870 and I just want them for targets.

    Buy as normal shotgun ammo.No restrictions on them,just usually hard to find somtimes


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    TomBeckett
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    Yes!
    and they will also tear the be*jes*s out of your barrell:eek:


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    Clare gunner
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    TomBeckett wrote:
    Yes!
    and they will also tear the be*jes*s out of your barrell:eek:

    Yes..what???
    and NO they will not tear the barrel up unless you are firing them out of a BP only proved damascus barrel.If the gun is in proof and you are using appropriate ammo,there is nothing to worry about.They will recoil more,but they can even be fired out of full choke just to put that myth to bed.


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    sniper83
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    far as i know you dont need permission from the gardai, any good gundealer should sell them. i used to buy mine from duffys in galway.


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    thelurcher
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    Just curious - what did you use them on sniper83?

    Do the yanks use slugs on turkeys? Why?


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    TomBeckett
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    I still think that they are not the best thing in the world to be firing. I have fired them out of my Win superx3 and when you look down the barrell i could see all these straeks from about middle way down and running to the end. amd it took some elbow grease with the steel screw to get them out!! so i came to the conclusion that your not doing the barrell any favours by firing them..


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    yank_in_eire
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    Lurcher-
    Us yanks use them on deer. If you shot a turkey with a slug there'd be nothing left but beak and a*shole. Mind you, where I'm from that's enough for a stew!;)


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    thelurcher
    Registered Users Posts: 627 ✭✭✭thelurcher


    :d


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    Riggser
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    Are these the type of things you want?

    slugs.gif


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    Vegeta
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    Riggser wrote:
    Are these the type of things you want?

    slugs.gif


    man they look primatively dangerous :v:


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    monksavage
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    Sound for the feedback there lads. Cant wait to get me hands on a box and start busting slabs from 50+ yards.


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    Clare gunner
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    TomBeckett wrote:
    I still think that they are not the best thing in the world to be firing. I have fired them out of my Win superx3 and when you look down the barrell i could see all these straeks from about middle way down and running to the end. amd it took some elbow grease with the steel screw to get them out!! so i came to the conclusion that your not doing the barrell any favours by firing them..

    Thats lead striation caused by the flues on the side of the slug.I'll bet you were using Brennecke.[Bottom two in the left of Riggsers pic]
    Looks ugly,but it is simply lead deposit[or whatever mix of lead and whatever they use these days].It isnt damaging the barrel,all the flues do are compress as they go down the barrel,to work as a gas check of sorts,not to give the slug a twist like a rifle bullet.Common misconception.


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