RE: can i use a slug
For foster style rifled slugs, use an improved cylinder barrel/tube. I have shot fosters through full, modified and IC with no problems.
Shooting foster style slugs through a rifled choke tube doesn't provide better accuracy. If you have a rifled choke tube for your gun, then it makes sense to buy saboted slugs.
I would not spend the extra money to shoot saboted slugs through a smooth bore barrel.