ORIGINAL: bronko22000
Just for giggles, I picked up a 12ga smooth bore barrel with rifle sights for my 870. Its gonna be loaded most of the time with buck shot but I was wondering if anyone has used rifled slug and what they consider the most accurate.
There is no right answer to your question, because every gun is different, and what proves to be a very accurate slug load in one can be very poor in the next, and vice-versa.
In order to determine what shoots best in your slug barrel, I'm sorry to have to inform you that you will have to ACTUALLY SHOOT IT at a range where you can put targets at known distances and shoot from some kind of a rest in order to eliminate human error as much as possible. This is a painful exercise with slugs, as they kick like an African dangerous game rifle!
However, over the years I have noted that Brenneke slugs and the similar Lightfield type are often quite accurate in the 870's. Try several styles/brands, and I'm sure you will find one load that is notably more accurate than other types. I have found that the Brenneke's and Lightfields also evidence considerably better killing power than the lightweight, hollow-base Foster type slugs, which are pretty poor killers despite their impressive diameters.
(IF you're still giggling after shooting severalboxes of slugs from thebench, you're a better man than I am, Gunga Dhin!)