Shooting non-sabot slugs (or bird shot) through a rifled sug barrel?

[jnorm1984]

Will this harm the rifling in the barrel? or do you still think it would still shoot more accurately with sabots?

[BucksnDucks]

Your slugs are made of lead correct? And your barrel is made of what? Steel. Which one is stronger? I wouldnt recommend firing steel shot or any shot for that matter through a rifled barrel but if you feel the need have at it!

[broken_line]

i dont think it would harm the rifiling might get lead fragments lodged in the groves.. and the patterns would look like a sneeze..

[jnorm1984]

Right on guys, I wanted to try shooting sabots through it, but I've always been too cheap to buy em. So since, i never have ( and bird shot has went through it once) wasn't sure that the rifling would stay intact and effective.

[B-man715]

Sell your rifled barrel and buy a smoothbore.......

[Steve Foss]

I don't know about the bird shot, but non-sabot slugs shot through a rifled barrel have worked just fine for me in the past.

[eyehead]

I shoot non-sabot slugs through my rifled barrel.....still cant figure out why I cant hold a pattern with sabots but shoot tight groups with non-sabot. Whatever works best i guess.......

[Archerysniper]

Remington makes a rifled slug that is recommended in a smooth or rifled barrel an have buddies that swear buy them.

[PC's]

why would u need to shoot bird shot through a slug barrel? riffled slugs (non sabbots) are for smoothbores. What u need are brenekke slugs such as k.o, which are multi purpose slugs and they dont cost all that much. I think brenneke slugs are decent but non really have great velocity like a high end sabbot. Your best bet would be to shoot hornady sabotts or winchester supremes through that rifled bore and if its at all sighted in you will have your self a dead deer. What gauge gun is it? Scope or iron sights? Im just wondering? Anyway the birdshot thing still is boggaling my mind though, i can just imagine someone pass shooting geese oughta the tree stand, lol. i guess u might be thinking buckshot depending on were u hunt, guess i never thought about that but as far as i know buckshot is for a bird barrel.

[Wanderer]

Right on guys, I wanted to try shooting sabots through it, but I've always been too cheap to buy em. So since, i never have ( and bird shot has went through it once) wasn't sure that the rifling would stay intact and effective.

You're rifling is probably just fine if only one load of birdshot went through it.

Look through the cleaned barrel at a bright light and examine the grooves for flat spots or pitting to make sure.

Research your ammo and head to the range.

[jnorm1984]

PC, Don't need to shoot bird shot through a slug barrel, but occasionally during deer season you come across a pheasant er 2 that you don't have time to change barrels for...Hopefully your mind is no longer boggled

[96trigger]

I figured that was why. Take a look and see what happens, but you may run the risk of ruining the rifling on an expensive barrel.

[Wanderer]

Go pattern that bird shot out of that rifled barrel. I'd be suprised if it had any density at all.

Usually you're using a choked down smooth bore for pheasant so even with a smooth bore slug barrel you're shooting a cylinder bore choke which isn't even used for close skeet shooting.

Add rifling to that to get your shot cup turning and I can imagine your shot just blowing out the end in a big spray with no down range pattern.

Never tested it myself so it's a theory. Give it a try and let us know it goes.

[PC's]

ive been in that situation hundreds of times, but i had enough self restraint to wait till another day, so yea my minds still a bit boggaled.