[ChildOfThe60s]

It’s smooth, both barrels are. I have been running rifled slugs through the 18.5” barrel. I wish they were cheaper. I love shooting them.

I am going out to the range after lunch. Think I’ll see what I can do out to 50 yards with slugs in the 18.5” then move to the 28” for comparison.

I like the Savage 350 pump for the most part, but it only has a bead sight. I originally bought it just for home protection, or a zombie invasion. But I guess it’s time to see how useful the 28” barrel will be.

Much as I like my other long guns, you can’t get past the brute power of a shotgun for self defense.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

They are very good all-around tools.

Have fun. Be safe.

[MHGinTN]

A slug mold (use the bird shot as the lead for molding) is very inexpensive. A Lee Load-All II can be purchased for under fifty five bucks, a pound of Alliant Unique powder is under $25, and a thousand pistol/shotshell primers is under fifty bucks. Once you have the 12 gauge Lee Load-All, you can buy a 20 gauge innards for around $25 that fits right onto the loader.

The beauty of that system is all the different loads you can put together for your particular uses, and you can reuse the shotshells many times. Take a look at the youtube listing for Lee Load-All reloading. $100 dollars of powder (app. eight pounds) will last a lifetime of reloading shotshells and a few rifle cartridges like 30 carbine.