have a great single shot old-school smooth barrel twelve gauge (my first weapon from childhood) that delivers a tight buckshot pattern out to fifty yards. i've never fired a rifled slug through it, and i read various opinions on the safety of doing so - slug manufacturers claim their ammo can fit any choke, but you can find a thousand opinions online about firing slugs through a full choke, so I'm coming to the OB as a definitive source. anybody have experience with this? foster slugs (Hornady whitetail round) would be the load under consideration.

have never hunted whitetail with a shotgun but am doing so next week with a colleague from out of town who won't be bringing a FIREARM, so am considering using the single-shot if its safe, and loaning my 870 to him. would rather keep my ugly face intact. opinions? alternative is to use buckshot but I'd rather not.

It will kickime a mule, but no issue shooting a lead slug through a full choke.

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It will kickime a mule, but no issue shooting a lead slug through a full choke.

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kicked more like a damned angry moose, but it did fire. thx for the reply. will need a recoil pad before I fire it with a slug again.

Try calling it a firearm instead of a weapon. Weapon implies use against fellow humans, and in this case you just want to do a little hunting.

thanks, coach.

friend is a 4x deployed army reserve major and he used the term weapon in his note to me, which carried over to my email. edited to remove any potential offense to delicate sensibilities on this highly sensitive anti-weapon message board.

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Try calling it a firearm instead of a weapon. Weapon implies use against fellow humans, and in this case you just want to do a little hunting.

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Can you find something else to comment on.....bet you would be no fun at deer camp!