What slugs can I shoot through a rifled barrel?

Can I Use Rifled Slugs in a Rifled Shotgun Barrel? In almost all cases, you should only use rifled slugs in smoothbore barrels. If you have a rifled shotgun barrel, you’re going to want sabot slugs.

Can you shoot a regular slug out of a rifled barrel?

Yes you can shoot rifled slugs through a rifled barrel… The accuracy might not be the best but it can be done… Be sure to scrub your barrel very well afterwardsto remove all lead fouling…

Will rifled slugs damage a rifled barrel?

Rifled slugs are designed to impart a spin, albeit less stable, through a smoothbore. Rifled barrels are designed to impart spin on a smooth sabot. The physics of the differing types of spin causes an erratic motion to be imparted upon the slug. Furthermore, the rifled slug could damage the rifled barrel.

Can I fire buckshot through a slug barrel?

Yes, you can shoot buckshot through a rifled slug barrel.

Can you shoot slugs out of a smoothbore barrel?

Accuracy is decent. Rifled barrels are meant to shoot sabot slugs, though. You will get your best accuracy and ballistics this way. Shoot rifled slugs out of a smoothbore barrel. I don’t like it, but apparently modified chokes are fine for rifled slugs.

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.

What’s the best way to shoot a slug?

The most successful designs have been what are known as Rifled Slugs such as the Brenneke and Foster designs. These slugs have angled vanes molded onto their outside surface to impart a stabilizing spin to them in flight after they leave the shotgun muzzle — at least in theory.

Can a shotgun shoot out of a smooth barrel?

To be technically correct, when the barrel is rifled the shotgun becomes a rifle using a shotgun action. Shotguns are by deffinition smoothbores and rifles have rifled barrels. If it is shotgun ammo it will shoot out of a smooth shotgun barrel.