Shotgun Slugs
I would like to hear opinions of shotgun slug comparisons.20 Ga. versus 12 Ga. for accuracy and their ability to knock a deer down.Primarily the Sabot Slugs.And your opinion as to what brand of slugs you like.Any bad experience with with any type of slug you have used on deer.
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Do you have to use sabots while shooting out of a rifled barrel? If not, what are some good(cheap) slugs that wont fill in my rifeling after 1 shot.
Thanks,
Larry
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Dear Too...
Yes, you can do it, but it's not recommended and it's not really what the rifled barrel is designed to do. I realize it causes some confusion, but a rifled barrel is for sabot slugs and a smooth barrel is for rifled slugs. Everybody finds a little bit different results, so what I ususally suggest to folks with a new barrel is to buy single boxes of several different types of saboted slugs and then test them. Barrels are a little like people--some like hamburgers and some like hotdogs--you will probably find that your barrel likes one particular model of sabot slug and that there may even be significant differences among the saboted slugs of the same manufacturer. For example, Brenneke makes (or used to make--its been a while since I checked) at least two types of sabaoted slugs and one model that you could shoot in either smooth or rifled barrels. A lot of my 870 customers liked the one that could be shot in either type barrel, and only a very few liked the standard Brenneke sabot. Best of luck and keep us posted on which slug you find works best. Steve0 -
It's not a good idea, rifled slugs are made for smooth bore. The barrel has no rifling so the rifle the slugs. Shooting them in a rifled barrel can really screw up the barrel and they are very inaccurate 0 -
I have shot many rifled slugs through a rifled barrel with no significant leading of the barrel and no loss of accuracy. As suggested above, you milage may vary. 0
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