Redial Slug Question

mljackso

Any problem shooting conventional slugs through a rifled shotgun barrel?

Should only sabot slugs be used through a rifled barrel?

rufe-snow

IMHO you would be a lot better off using Sabots in a rifled barrel. Years back when I shot slugs in standard unrifled barrels, leading was a problem. Since the slugs aren't lubed it would be even more of a problem in a rifled barrel.

11b6r

Slug or barrel- only one should be rifled. Rifled slug + smoothbore barrel= good. Sabot slug + rifled barrel= very good. Rifled slug+ rifled barrel= accuracy sux. You will likely collect lead very fast in a rifled barrel with rifled slugs.

glabray

Somebody makes a rifled slug load with the slug enclosed in a shot cup to control the leading. I can't remember who, might be S&B.

SCOUT5

You can shoot them and see what accuracy is out of your shotgun. Some barrel ammo combinations shoot well some don't. They will lead your barrel and you must clean often. You will not get the distance from them you will get with the sabots, that is once you find a sabot that shoots well from your shotgun. If your gun will shoot them accurate enough you can get 200 yards out of some of the new sabots, you will not get that from a regular slug. The only advantage to shooting the regular slugs is cost. At $3+ a shot the sabots can be hard to justify sometimes. We do a lot of target practice with 22 mag as the trajectory is about the same and it cost much less. We just shoot the sabots enough to know they are lined up and what the drop is for different distances. It's hard to practice a lot at $3 a shot.