In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

SLUGS???

quamnetquamnet Member Posts: 332 ✭✭
edited November 2001 in Ask the Experts
I am going hunting with my new shotgun which I bought a slug barrel for....i know this may sound stupid but when at the store I seen two different kind of slugs...sabot and "the other kind", what is the difference because the sabot is so much more expensive....thanks for your time
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • gd714gd714 Member Posts: 36 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sabot slugs are made for rifled barrels they tend to tumble when fired through smooth bores.Traditional rifled slugs are made for smooth bore barrels.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you are fortunate enough to have bought a rifled slug barrel, and not a smooth bore slug barrel, take a box of Remington Copper Solids to the range and try them out, they are awesome when shot through my rifled slug barrel. If shooting smooth bore, just shoot the Winchester rifled slug, its also a good but inexpensive round I've always had good luck with.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • salzosalzo Member Posts: 6,396 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with Robsguns.I also notice a considerable reduction in recoil when using sabots/rifled barrel compared to foster/smooth barrel.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • duster68duster68 Member Posts: 228 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just recently purchased a Mossberg 500 with a 28" smooth bore barrel. What kind of accuracy can I hope to get? I'd like to be able to hit the 5' steel gongs at 75 yards at the range I go. Is this the kind of accuracy I can hope for?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.