etothepii

Traditional smooth bore with rifled slug, or new rifled barrel with saboted slug?

Paul L Mohr

If you are going to purchase a new shotgun for deer hunting I feel the rifled barrel is the best way to go. Irregardless of what slugs you use out of it. It should give you better accuracy and extend your range.

Paul

bigcountry

Oh my gosh. Here I go again. Thinking of buyin another slug gun. a HR ultra slugster. I need to have my head examined.

If your on a budget, HR is pretty cheap dedicated slug gun.

etothepii

bigcountry, you must be a mind reader. Actually, I have an NEF in .223, and I'm thinking about getting a 12 g. barrel for it for deer hunting. Not sure whether to buy a smooth bore (cheaper, and can use it for rabbits, etc.) or rifled (quite a bit more expensive and single purpose, but superior performance?)

Rebel Hog

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eldeguello

"B" !!

AJ52

"A" is OK.I've taken many deer with smooth bore. But - If you gotta use a lead slinging 12-20 gauge in your state,you'll never regret "B" once you've tryed it in the field at 75-100 + yrds.

Can't say that about "A".

Good Luck

etothepii

OK, one down side to , as AJ put it, choice B. Ammo costs five simes as much!

eldeguello

True! But three to five rounds to zero it, then one shot per deer from then on, and it becomes pretty economical per pound of venison. In addition, with a good sabot slug, youy can do just as well with a 20 ga., so there's no longer any requirement to shoot a 12 any more!

Paul L Mohr

Also you don't have to shoot sabots out of a rifled barrel. They are just cleaner and offer better ballistics in some cases. You can shoot rifled slugs for 3 bucks a box out of a rifled barrel just fine. And some are very accurate. You just have to clean the barrel is all.

Paul