REGULAR SLUGS OR RIFLED SLUGS

[Fletch]

Can somebody settle this argument, I went hunting with a couple of my buddies this morning. They were shooting those cheap $1.59 cent slugs out of full rifled slug guns. I told them that those cheap non rifled slugs was going to ruin there rifleing !!!! Does any body know if they will hurt a rifled barrel ?

[Hunting the North]

Rifled slugs are designed for a smooth bore barrel and Sabot slugs are designed for rifled barrels. There are some economically priced Breneke slugs that go both ways.

[ChazyKEJ]

Fletch,

They will not hurt the rifleing, but will start to fill it with lead which will decrease accuracy. I've seen some rifled barrels shoot winchester super-X rifled slugs quite well. I have also seen a remington 870 rifled barrel throw slugs 6" apart at 50 yards using winchester super-X rifled slugs. It will not ruin the barrel, but defeats the purpose of having a rifled barrel.

KJ