Alright fellas here's the deal, I raise chickens and I have a serious house sparrow problem in my chicken houses. I've tried rat shot through a rifled barrel and the pattern is not satisfactory, my question is will I see any pattern improvement with the smooth bore over the rifled barrel. Oh yea, I'm talking shots of 10 yards or less. I've also tried low velocity pellet guns and that is like eating soup with a toothpick and I can't use anything with a lot of punch because it will shoot holes in my roof.