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Have you ascertained what kind of choke your 18inch barrel is?
Most stock barrels are cylinder choke like that which means they will work fine for a defensive shotgun.
What you're gonna wanna do is pattern your gun. Take your defensive loads and shoot a large target at ranges from 5 yds to 20 or so. This gives you an idea of the spread you are working with. Modern ammo and guns are so good the pattern is usually .5 inch wide per yard of travel. This is a huge improvement over the 1 inch per yard of travel it was when i was a kid.
As to.barrels? I dunno man. In all my years i've never seen it quite like this. Local gun stores might have one. Also mossberg of all people makes a great 870 barrel. That is what is on mine.
Probably means it's cylinder bore, especially if it was an issued gun. But not all fixed bores are cylinder bore. Before changeable chokes became mainstream many guns had fixed chokes in full or improved for hunting and skeet/trap. Some side by sides and over unders even had one of each. The logic being the full choke was second for a follow up shot which would theoretically be longer distance.
I'd bet damn near anything. Improved cylinder if you're lucky. Either way you can run slugs and buck no problem and feel good about it. A good shotgun solves many problems.
If you want to shoot a round and then take it apart to put the new cartridge in the adapter i guess that could work. You will also be shooting a round out of a straight up.no contact barrel. It is the literal definition of a hot dog down a hallway.
Shotguns are great, get an AR lower or AR while you can as soon as you can, no joke. Shotguns occupy the ranged threat niche of a pistol in terms of where you use them. Inside 30 yds they are a decisive gat. Outside that slugs are required.
The AR makes you a threat at any range with capacity and quick reloading. Again, i love the shotgun, my sugar tits Benelli M4 is loaded in the corner. But the AR is the du jour for gun fighting for a reason.
Well Mossberg is still in business, Remington is not...
Being a hard core Benelli guy i always respected mossberg, then the dumpster defender happened and i loved them for it.