RE: Rifled slugs in the smooth bore?
"perform better than a large chunk of lead"??? I beg your pardon...
The last deer I hit with a large chunk of lead, a Federal rifled slug out of the riot gun,was at 25 yards running away. I hit the doe right in the back of the neck, the large chunk of lead flipped that deer over like a flapjack.
But, outbeyond70 yards or sothe sabots definitelyhave the edge in ballistic performance.
Bugs.