jumbopanda

GunFun, I've tried 20gr of Promo, 22.5gr of Green Dot, and 50gr of Blue Dot (this one rattles my skull). All produced poor accuracy and keyholing. I've pushed my wads and slugs through the bore with a dowel, and the Federal 12S4 and Claybuster yellow wads are snug but not super hard to push through. They measure about 0.740" in diameter, whereas my bore is 0.732". I've also tried Downrange yellow wads, but they are much thinner and only measure 0.720" with a slug inside. These slide down the bore freely. I've found that recovered wads were torn up quite badly, so I decided to t

I suppose it could have moved a little bit, but it must have been not enough to let the shell clear the chamber. The felt recoil was definitely different; it felt more like a push and less of a jolt. I wasn't really thinking about it at the time, but I seem to recall that when I pulled the charging handle back to clear the shell, I felt some resistance due to the hammer not being cocked.

I was a little more concerned/baffled by the bolt not even moving when firing buckshot with the rifled choke, but yes, point taken; shotgun slugs can be finicky.

Externally it is identical to any of the other factory chokes.

My Vepr 12 has been pretty reliable overall, but during my last range trip I noticed a very odd issue with it. I was trying out my new paradox choke, shooting mostly handloaded Lyman 525gr slugs, and I had no cycling issues at all. However, I also wanted to find out how buckshot would pattern with the choke on, since the idea behind the Paradox Gun was that it would fire slugs accurately while still being able to pattern shot reasonably well. I fired two rounds of Estate 00 buckshot with the choke on, and both times the action did not cycle at all. Let me be clear, it didn't have a FTE...the b