For the metrically inclined:
40 inches = 1.016 meters
25 yards = 22.85 meters
40 yards = 36.576 meters
1 inches = 0.0254 meters or 2.54 centimeters
1 yard = 0.9144 meters
Sorry I don’t know anything about guns, but is this the barrel getting smaller right at the end? What would happen if you were to fire a solid slug?
Nothing good. It would damage the choke and possibly banana peel the barrel.
Chokes are removable, and it would be advised to remove them for shooting a slug.
Not all chokes are removeable. If you do have a modular choke you’ll damage your gun faster firing without a choke tube in place faster than by firing slugs through a full choke. They make thin wall choke tubes if you want to have an open choke with a modular choke system. From my admittedly 2nd hand knowledge rifled slugs through full choke is safe, but generally inaccurate.
Yes they get a bit smaller at the end to reduce the spread.
Bullets are quite malleable and it’s normal for them to deform a bit during firing. Bullets for non-shotguns typically get forced down a bit in the forcing cone before being deformed to fit the grooves in the rifling.
“Rifled” lead shotgun slugs have these grooves around the outside that allow them to deform down to a smaller diameter. You can shoot them through a choked shotgun barrel just fine.
Brother do you sig fig?
What shot size though? Or doesn’t it really matter, more just a difference in the spread within the spread and a difference in strength of impact?
The particular combination of barrel and shot matters. Even different brands of similar shot, or different shotguns of the same make/model, can have differences.
The chart above is just a general guideline, it’s often recommended to pattern your specific combination to know firsthand how it performs.
Would the spread with the cylinder choke also be indicative of the accuracy of a muzzle loading smooth bore musket?
Not having standardized decimal indicators in maths really took me for a ride.
Is your existence just to complain about insignificant things in otherwise interesting content? Sounds miserable.
Yeah that would sound miserable. Kinda didn’t complain tho just pointed it out bc I first read it as 1016m. See to complain I would need to explicitly say I am unhappy or that this would need to change. I just pointed out that due to me having a different understanding of decimal indication I was confused for a second.
You know what would be miserable tho? Misinterpreting a comment and then jumping to a conclusion about another person’s happiness. Go out. Touch some grass. Think about why you so quickly came to such a negative conclusion. Get happy. ✌️
It’s definitely not just for the one comment rofl. It’s a special kind of person to make two top-level posts complaining about a meme.