What kind of barrel rifled slugs

Looks like about an 8 inch group these are marked with triangles , almost as good as the rifled barrel. A bead-only sight, which is very common on shotgun barrels, is not conducive to precision marksmanship. I honestly believe I could have shrunk these groups in the smooth bore, if I had rifle sights or a scope.

They were actually found behind the target, indicating that they stayed on the slugs all the way to the target at 50 yards. I told him it might deposit lead in the rifling, but he said we could clean it up when we got home. Small group or big group? I have a 20ga. The barrel is smooth bore with mod choke.

I feel this is a very good shell. Never tried any sabot slugs. That is what I was interested in finding out. I would like to have seen the Lyman gr. I, myself, shoot these out of a smoothbore, and have shot figure 8 two shot holes pretty consistantly at 30 yards. I will be doing longer range testing when the weather breaks. Thanks again for your extremely well done articles. Thanks a lot for this very useful step-by-step explanation.

I was just about to buy some sabot slugs for a smooth bore shooting and your article has saved me tons of money. Deadly accurate at yds and still accurate out to The only problem I had was that when you would shoot a deer right in the honey hole they would run off. They would only go 50 to yards but the blood trails were minimal making tracking a job. Sabot slugs need to be spun up to get the accuracy they were designed for. They will work in a smoothbore, but not well.

I can always get Remington slugs to shoot. So why use rifled slugs at all? The groves in the slug actually allow the projectile to fit through different chokes. This allows hunters to use various barrels and still fire slugs. Without the grooves, the slug would cause greater friction in the barrel and would not function in various choke sizes. What it shows is that the 12 gauge slug will travel pretty flat for up to yards with perhaps 10 to 12 inches of drop at yards.

At yards the chart shows a drop of about 4 feet. This was from a firearms study and suggests the absolute maximum a slug can travel is around feet yards. Because of their design with the plastic cylinder, the barrel rifling creates a much more stable trajectory that increases the accuracy and effective distance. Comment Post Cancel. Smooth bore barrels work best with slug designed for it, like federal trueball or KO slugs.

Best advice I can give you is to try 4 or 5 different brands and use the one that gives you the best accuracy from your particular gun. Yes, because the rifling on slug is made to make slug spin when it's out of the barrel going through the air. It's not the best thing to do though because the rifled slug will foul the barrel pretty bad.

So it's probaly best to shoot what was made for each barrel. Do not shoot rifled slugs from a rifled barrel even though you can. If your concerned about the price of sabot slugs then sell the gun or buy a smooth bore barrel for your gun. Use the correct ammo or don't use it at all. Habben has it correct. Follow the advice! Like others have said, you can but youd be better off with sabot slugs. Also, trying a few different brands is a good idea. Slugs are finicky.

My shoots remington sabot hollow points like a champ but my dads gun cant hit a pie plate with them at 70 yards but hornadys shoot great through his gun. I understand I'm a bit late to the party here, but I've been shooting rifled slugs through a rifled barrel my entire life and have routinely killed deer yards or further, out to around yards.

So why use rifled slugs at all? The groves in the slug actually allow the projectile to fit through different chokes. This allows hunters to use various barrels and still fire slugs. Without the grooves, the slug would cause greater friction in the barrel and would not function in various choke sizes.

In almost all cases, you should only use rifled slugs in smoothbore barrels. Sabot Slugs include a plastic cylinder that covers the sides of the encased projectile. Sabot slugs are quite different than rifled slugs. This little package of projectile and plastic cylinder is then loaded into the shell. When the slug is ejected from the barrel, the sleeve is released and the slug continues downrange, maintaining a spin as it travels.

Like a spiral from a quarterback, this spin enhances the accuracy of the projectile and increases the effective range. Definitely, a sabot slug should always be used in a rifled shotgun barrel. You can also use sabot slugs in a smoothbore barrel but most hunters see it as a waste of money to do so.

Comparing these two loads is difficult because the choice is largely dependent on what shotgun you already own. Rifled Slugs have the added benifit of being a cost-effective solution for many hunters.