NEVER FIRE AMMUNITON IN A WEAPON NOT DESINGED FOR IT!!!!!!!!!
In a shotgun, you fire shotgun slugs or shotshells, NOT rifle projectiles (unless using a sabot) In the case of a sabot, you MUST contact the Mossberg.
Firing lead shot through a slug barrel will not damage the barrel. The rifling will distort the shot pattern and you will get less than desireable results.
Assuming you mean a barrel that is for lead pellets, if the barrel is not rifled, steel shot will not damage the smooth barrel. If it is rifled however, steel shot will in fact damage the rifling.
No, barrel behind the door only switches effect damage, since wall of revealing light is paying a cost it is not damage and you can not chain barrel behind the door to it.
Please dont shoot slugs through a 32" barrel A5. That is undoubtedly a full choke and shooting slugs through it can damage that barrel, which by itself is worth $300. Slug barrels are typically 24" in length with an Improved Cylinder choke.
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The Sleeve is the tube that covers the REAL barrel on the rifle. It protects the barrel from damage. It's nothing more than a hollow tube surrounding the real barrel inside.
VERY CAREFULLY! Open the action of the firearm. If possible, remove the barrel of a handgun , or remove the receiver of a rifle. Using a wooden dowel that is smaller than the bore, insert the dowel in through the muzzle of the barrel, and TAP the dowel to push the bullet back to the receiver end of the barrel. Avoid using a metal rod; you don't want to damage the lands and grooves of the barrel's rifling.
I had the same question so I bought a box of Winchester steel shells [#7 shot target loads 1200 fps] and shot them through my M12 nickel steel barrel with a Briley Mod. Choke tube. The plastic build up was more than I expected but after a good cleaning the barrel still looks good, no damage using target loads and they broke targets. I am going to shoot more through that barrel and keep checking.
It depends on the air rifle. All 177 air pistols and rifles fire 177 ammo. Some will fire, only pellets. Some can only fire, BB's. But, some can shoot both. And. Brake barrel air weapons can fire, special darts. But, DON'T, fire darts through a rifled barrel. You can do it but it can damage it. Only through a smooth bore barrel. When in doubt, check with the maker of YOUR gun.
From Mossberg's website:"Can I shoot slugs or buckshot through a "smoothbore" field barrel with Accu-Choke™ tubes? (500/505/535/9200/88/930 models) Yes, and with sabots or rifled slugs, the more "open" the choke tube, the better the accuracy ("Improved Cylinder" recommended.) The "full" or "modified" choke tubes are preferred for buckshot loads. Slugs, buckshot and steel shot loads are not recommended for use with an extra full "turkey tube" installed, due to the tube's tight constriction. Do not fire any load without a choke tube installed, doing so will damage the internal choke tube threads. "
No it does not. It may flake off and get onto your barrel but as long as you clean your gun as you should there will be no damage done.
The SKS cartridge (7.62x39) causes little throat erosion. MOST SKSs have a chrome lined barrel (Yugos do not) which extends barrel life, especially with corrosive primed ammo. If the muzzle is undamaged, and normal cleaning followed, barrel life should be somewhere in the 25,000 round range. However, EXTREME rapid fire that heats a barrel to an excessive amount (have sen one set wooden stock on fire) will shorten the life of the weapon. They were never intended to be used that way.