Do I have to have a rifled barrel to shot slugs or will a rifled choke tube do? Remington 870 super mag.?

Answer 1

A rifled barrel will allow you to successfully use sabot slugs which are much more accurately (and expensive) than the older style. A rifled choke tube is an improvement over no rifling at all. I use an improved cylinder choke tube b/c I haven't seen a need to upgrade yet.

Though accuracy is improved for long range shots, you do not need to have rifling to hunt with a shotgun successfully.

I use my shotgun for deer hunting (with an improved cylinder choke tube and my duck hunting barrel) and I shoot Remington slugger rifled slugs (non-sabot, old school). I limit my shots to no more than 75 yards. This setup works great; 2 years ago I hit a buck in the lungs (right where I was aiming) and he went down within sight of my stand.

Answer 2

You don't need a rifled barrel to fire a slug. The use of the rifled choke or a rifled barrel comes with a warning. Be sure you are not using a rifled slug in the gun. The rifling on the slug and the rifling in your choke or barrel will not match. This upsets the spin of the slug as well shave lead off the slug. Your accuracy will go to hell. Use a smooth slug.

I think the best accuracy you can get with a rifled barrel or rifled choke is with a sabot slug. The plastic will engage the rifling and the fall off the slug.

Answer 3

The manufacturer of the slugs will say if it's designed for fully rifled barrels, fully rifled choke tubes, or smooth bore barrels.

For exmaple, Remington says their Sabot Slugs are designed for fully rifled barrels or fully rifled choke tubes. They also say that their Slugger Rifled Slugs are designed for smooth bore barrels with an improved cylinder choke.

If you don't have a fully rifled barrel, choose slugs that you can fire with the appropriate choke. Just whatever you do, do not fire anything through a smooth bore barrel without a choke tube. You may damage the threads on the inside of the barrel and you'll never get a choke tube in again.

Answer 4

You are aware that both rifled barrels and screw-in choke tubes are pretty new things, right? (I'm excluding the old Paradox and such, but they were never that common.) The vast majority of Foster-type slugs have gone down smooth barrels and done the job. They even did so when the shell was shorter than your forearm.

Answer 5

I'll make this short and nice.

Either use a smoth bore slug barrel with rifled slugs or a rifled slug barrel with sabot slugs. Do not worry about choke and make sure you use the slug barrel.

Answer 6

You don't need a rifled barrel.

Answer 7

You don't need a rifled barrel.

Answer 8

Get rifeled slugs and forget about it

Answer 9

I woukdn't fire a slug with a choke on. you will not only ruin the choke ,but you might ruin your gun !