Can a smoothbore shotgun fire rifled slugs?

Can a smoothbore shotgun fire rifled slugs?

So, What’s a Rifled Slug? Rifled Slugs were designed to be fired through smoothbore shotguns. That’s why rifled slugs are sometimes called “Foster slugs.” They are designed to be fired through smoothbore shotguns (barrels without internal rifling), allowing deer hunters to use their bird guns to harvest deer.

What slugs can you shoot out of a smooth bore shotgun?

Yes, you can shoot a rifled slug through a smooth bore barrel, but a sabot slug would have to be shot out of a rifled slug barrel as the sabot slugs are much like a rifle bullet and don’t have the rifling on the projectile itself like a rifled slug does.

Can you shoot a slug out of a smooth bore shotgun?

However, there are some make/models that say not to shoot slugs out of. If your weapon has a removable choke, pretty sure you’d need to remove it before firing slugs. As others have stated, a smooth bore will launch that slug, but rifled slugs are designed to be used in a rifled barreled shotgun.

Do you need to remove the choke before firing a slug?

If your weapon has a removable choke, pretty sure you’d need to remove it before firing slugs. As others have stated, a smooth bore will launch that slug, but rifled slugs are designed to be used in a rifled barreled shotgun.

Which is better rifled slugs or sabot slugs?

It’s common knowledge that rifled slugs are meant for use in smoothbore shotgun barrels, while rifled shotgun barrels and rifled choke tubes are meant to produce better results (meaning better accuracy) with sabot slugs, whose smooth outer surface can better engage the barrel’s rifling.

Can you shoot ammo out of a smoothbore shotgun barrel?

Shotguns are for the most part smoothbores. Shotgun ammo is intended to be fires out of shotgun smoothbore barrels. Rifled shotgun barrels were developed after the fact to improve performance and accuracy with rifled slugs. To be technically correct, when the barrel is rifled the shotgun becomes a rifle using a shotgun action.