Rifled Choke Tubes

[Young Gun]

Does anybody use rifled choke tubes for hunting deer. I have a remington 1100 20 gauge and was wondering if a rifled choke tube is worth the time vs. a rifled barrel.

[irvingdog]

A rifled barrel and Sabot combo is far superior.

[icehousebob]

I agree with Irving, the short rifled tube doesn't really have the length to influence the slug the way a fully rifled barrel can. And the sabot slugs are very costy, but I'd rather spend two bucks on an accurate slug than thirty cents for an inaccurate one that leaves a deer gutshot.

[lawdog]

I had a rifled tube before I got the fully rifled barrel. They are better than smooth bores and the aftermarket tubes are longer than the standard Rem Choke tubes and that's obviously better. If you can afford it, a fully rifled barrel is better no doubt, but if you can't afford it, the tube is a good improvement. Mine was accurate and it shot lots of deer with no problem.

[surfs]

Your forgeting one question, how much do you want to spend??? Slugs are alot less then puchasing a barrel. However, if your gun is older or you were thinking of a new gun, you can look into a combo package.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

hittin the nail on the head with regards to cost. i run a winchester super x2 3.5 inch for just about all my hunting. i decided to try it deer hunting last year and borrowed my friends invector + rifled choke. (the super x2 accepts the invector + chokes) i sat down at the range with 8 different slug loads from el cheapo winchester fosters to winchester partition sabots. the only sabots that shot decent were hornadys. the rest were unpredictable. but with remingtons new "buckhammer" slug i was able to punch a 4 inch group at 50 yards and around a 12 inch group at 100 yds. i purchased my own choke now and have anchored 4 deer in the past two years for our party. i was at cabelas in mitchell, sd on thursday and they have some remington 870 fully rifled barrells in the bargain cave for under 170 bucks. a far cry from a new 3.5 inch fully rifled winchester super x2 barrel that costs 3/4 the price of a new gun.