WOW, Slugs from a short light gun? Kicker there! Well You can *** long as the chokes from the barrels are Imp. Cyl. if your gun doesn't have choke tubes then make sure that the chokes are at least MOd. and imp.cyl. or larger. and only use foster style slugs. and use lots of padding.

 

It's the fixed choke system, one barrel is IC and the other is Mod. I have some Remington Rifled Slugs lying around. I'm not familiar with the slugs you mentioned. I shortened the stock and put a limbsaver recoil pad on it. Sounds like I should be good to go and give some slugs a try. :shock:

 

HOLD ON TO YOUR TEETH

 

I shoot 3.5" buckshot out of my short barrel p350, which isn't much heavier than a coach gun, and the recoil isn't that bad, so I wouldn't be too afraid of slugs out of a coach gun.

 

Well, I have a coach gun coming in in a month or so. My primary reason for getting it? To be an easy to carry solution for an agressive black bear. I plan to try slugs, and round balls.

 

Some years ago I had a Turkish coach gun with Greener crossbolt made by Uzumlu. It was not pretty but it was strong with cyl/cyl tubes. I shot probably 20 slugs out of it one afternoon just trying to see if I could reliably hit anything. I did pretty well after allowing for the crossover effect of the barrel convergence. By the end the recoil was beginning to be a bit tiresome, but for a few shots it wasn't too bad. After 20 shots or so, I felt wetness on the trigger-guard which had cut open my finger. That didn't happen on the first shots but it took its toll after a while. I wouldn't want to do it all the time but, in a pinch, I wouldn't be afraid to shoot slugs from a coach gun. One with a recoil pad would be preferable.

 

I'll let y'all know how my Stoeger 12-ga Coach Gun works out. I'll be trying a variety of loads, but not necessarily all in one session.

 

It arrived! It seems to be a very solid, well-made and fitted item. It's actually far better than I anticipated from some of the comments made in the virtual world. The wood looks gorgeous as well. This weekend I'll see how it shoots.

 

I tried out my coach gun this weekend with slugs, birdshot and buckshot. Boy, am I pleasantly surprised! At 30 yards both slugs go into one hole, the right barrel hitting about a quarter inch to the right of the other barrel. This happened with all the different slug loads I tried. The different loads did hit to a different point of impact, but both barrels consistently hit with the holes overlapping. Recoil is an attention getter, but the soft recoil pad really works. I'm going to mount some rifle sights on it.

 

SO How are your teeth? and shoulder? What about your ears? Load?

 

I'm fine, no blunt trauma injuries, whiplash, concussion or even bruising. I wouldn't want to do an extended shooting session of 100 rounds, but that's not what I got it for. It's ideal for dealing with a potentially dangerous large animal with malevolent intentions at close range. I'll use shot loads for rabid raccoons and the like. Remington "slugger" loads seem to shoot pretty consistently in every smoothbore I've tried them in. They did about the best in the Coach Gun.