Originally Posted by
Murdy
DocD, I guess it doesn't surprise me that a rifled barrel improves the accuracy of a rifled slug. I'm curious what you found about range. I'd assume that even out of the rifled barrel, the rifled slug wouldn't keep up with the sabot.
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As for the original question, you can do it, but if you spent the money on a rifled barrel, why not shoot the ammo it was designed to work with out of it? It's expensive, but after you figure out what slug your gun likes, you won't have to spend that kind of money every year -- just enough to get a little practice and confirm your still sited in.
I agree with everything you have posted, totally agree with "if you spend the money on a rifled barrel, why not shoot the ammo that best suits it!!" That is what I do!! It has been only the last few years I have come to shooting "Slugs" & have really enjoyed the experience. When I first started taking the slug guns to the range I experimented with finding the best slug for each gun, & your correct!! a person can burn up some shells (money) finding the one that works the best, while I was experimenting I tossed a few plain "Rifled slugs" down range, I was very surprised at how accurate they were, (coming out of a rifled barrel) Not as accurate as sabots but they did very well. & I really didn't experience much fouling, Slug technology has come a long way in the last few years. I will continue to hunt with the Sabot Slug, but, in a pinch would be very comfortable using Rifled slugs, I will be going to the range in the next few days & will take a few rifled slugs along, I will revisit the post & give a short report, jmop Doc