The slugs are rifled so your barrel doesn’t need to be.
you can shoot slugs in a smoothbore shotgun, the only thing that i ever heard of being rifled in a shotgun is the choke. by definition all shotguns are smoothbore, i think.
why would you shoot slugs? better buckshot or turkey shot for something up close.
Does anyone know if there are factory slug loads for a 28ga.?
Consider German-made Brenneke slugs. These are wadcutter-shaped with a sharp shoulder and integral rifling. When they were tested by the Alaska Dept of Fish and Feathers in the 1980’s they reliably punched a .60 caliber hole in every Brown Bear skull they fired at. If they’ll take out a Brown Bear imagine how well they will work on obamazombies.
Alternatively you could use the Centurion load available from vendors like Cheaper Than Dirt or Sportsman’s Guide. These combine 6 x .30 caliber buckshot balls with a single .60 caliber ball. They are devastating on target.
Don’t pussyfoot around - use the most destructive load you can get.
What are you going to shoot? Deer, Hogs, or Zombies?
You can shoot any slug in that barrel.
I always prefer a salt shaker for my slugs...........
Rifled slugs are for smooth bore guns but they do not spin in the barrel. they may have no reason at all but I have read they help the slug go through a choked barrel.
Well, if you leave beer out in a shallow dish in your garden overnight there’ll be slugs in it in the morning... ;)
But seriously, just look at the packaging — lots of slugs are rifled so that your shotgun doesn’t need to be.
Rifled slugs will fire fine, they are like a badmitten birdie with the weight forward/plastic in the back end and with vanes that will make it spin in the air for better accuracy.
The slugs that need a rifled barrel are the sabot slugs. These are like a rifle bullet in a plastic holder. There is nothing to make it spin except being forced through the twist of a rifled barrel. You could shoot one out of a smooth bore, but it would tumble and would not be accurate.
Use a Foster type slug or “rifled slug” in a smooth bore.
(The advice on the Brenneke is good.)
DO NOT use sabot slugs in a smooth bore. They will keyhole and be very inaccurate.
Most shotgun slug boxes will say right on them for use in smooth barrel shotguns.
I was told not to use rifled slugs in my smooth bore tac mag, because the slugs can actually begin to rifle your barrel as they pass through it, which can result in a ricochet inside the barrel when firing pellets or buckshot out of it.
I will only use 00 or 000 buckshot out of the smoothbore as a result of that information.
If your barrel has a removeable choke you can get a rifled choke. This will drastically shrink your groups w/slugs. The rifled choke tube is much cheaper than a complete rifled barrel but accomplishes the same thing. Compared to slugs in a smoothbore barrel my rifled choke will give me tighter groups at 100 yds w/sabot rounds than the slugs at 50 yds in the smoothbore.
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Barrels are somewhat individual, some do a decent job with slugs while others put them all over the place. You will just have to experiment with different types and brands.
I found that Brenneke rifled slugs are amazingly accurate from my 1953 Belgian Browning A5. If you are going to be hunting in woods you aren’t going to be taking 200-yard shots.