Oct 2, 2023 · I've shot sabot slugs (BRI and Federal BRI copy) in both a fully rifled barrel and thru a rifled choke tube. At 100 yards the fully rifled barrel was a bit more accurate, but the rifled …

May 7, 2025 · The alternative would be to have a rifled barrel and use sabot slugs. Sabot slugs are undersized (.50 cal or so) and there is a plastic sleeve (the sabot)over the bullet. That …

Dec 13, 2007 · I just checkout out several different types of slugs today, and only one specifically mentioned being ok for use in a smooth bore barrel. The meanest, nastiest looking slugs …

Oct 27, 2013 · I think its very much a problem of the smaller sabot slugs. With a sabot you need the components to match the gun. With a bigger slug like a lightfield, or rifled slugs, they …

Aug 8, 2009 · And not only do they need a fully rifled bore; but the SST sabot slugs are very particular and they only perform well out of a certain rate of twist rifling (1 in 35"). With that …

Dec 4, 2008 · I bought a Mossberg 500, 20 ga, combo package with a rifled barrel and smooth bore. I have tried the Hornady SST's and Remington sabot's. The Hornady's reach out longer …

Nov 19, 2010 · A rifled slug barrel can give better long-range accuracy but requires sabot slugs. And yes, the language is confusing. You don't use "rifled" slugs in a rifled barrel, even though …

Oct 8, 2014 · In response to market demand, Brenneke does now make sabot rounds but we stick with the full diameter versions. She shoots the "low recoil" slugs. Those are now marketed …

Dec 24, 2007 · The sabot bullet, or 'slug' will simply tumble the instant it leaves the barrel discarding it's sabot, and is liable to hit about anything except what you're aiming at. Some …

Dec 27, 2018 · SABOT slugs are tail-heavy like all rifle and handgun bullets, and in order to stay pointed fwd. correctly, MUST be gyro-stabalized (spin-stabilized). That said, a great many …