alternative to using sabot shells?

Question

I have a mossberg 500 shotgun. It has a fully rifled barrel. I know Im suposed to use sabot slugs, but The cheapest I cound find was five shells for $10.00. "not cheap"

When I go to the range it gets preety expensive.
Im looking at about $2.00 every time I fire my gun "not very fun".
I was told that using slugs is bad for the barrel.
Is there "any" other alternative to using sabot shells? Somthing that wont screw up my barrel.

Thanx

Answer 1

Foster slugs will shoot from your gun with no damage as others said!
Mine is a 500 also and I shoot both types and there is no damage just accuacy difference with the sabot's being better!

Answer 2

Cheap Sabot Slugs

Answer 3

Unfortunatly, there is no cheap slugs. those slugs dont hurt the barrel, the barrel is designed to shoot them. I live in Illinois, so i can only use shotguns for deer and it gets rather expensive when fall comes and im shooting again with my shotgun. If you have a regular smooth barrel, then put it on and use rifled slugs, they are a little cheaper. You will notice the rifled slugs arent as accurate and wont have as good of a range, but its alot cheaper. you can get 5 for like $4, where 5 sabot slugs can range from $7 to $25 for 5.

Answer 4

Well think about it....the rifled slug is a 50 to 75 yard shot and the new hot rounds from horndary have the sabot slug at 1500+ fps and 0 inch drop at 150 yards, it adds the extra range that, where it would of been a hail mary shot......

just clean the barrell very well after using rifled slugs....

Answer 5

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alternative to using sabot shells?
I have a mossberg 500 shotgun. It has a fully rifled barrel. I know Im suposed to use sabot slugs, but The cheapest I cound find was five shells for $10.00. "not cheap"

When I go to the range it gets preety expensive.
Im looking at about $2.00 every time I fire my gun "not...

Answer 6

I have never heard of slugs being hard on a rifled barrel.
There made of soft lead and are not what you would call high velocity so you don’t have to worry about the barrel leading up.

I would say whether sabot or slug just find one your weapon likes, some brands shoot better then others.




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Hunting with Rifle, Pistol, Muzzle loader and Bow for over 3 decades.
Reloading Rifle, Pistol and shotgun for over 3 decades.

Answer 7

Yeah, sell the rifled barrel and get a smooth bore, removable choke, adjustable rifle sighted barrel. I have an 870 with a 20" barrel, adj rifle sights, Rem Choke system (interchangeable, screw in chokes) and with a modified and the winchester silver box slugs its groups about 3" at 100yds. The rifled slugs are about 3 dollars a box. Not quite the accuracy of the sabot but good enough. Plus I can switch to buck shot or 6's for squirrel.

You can shoot rifled slugs out of a rifled barrel but there is a lot of excessive leading. After a few shots the barrel's accuracy quickly gets worse and requires good cleaning.

Sell your rifled barrel on Ebay!

Answer 8

My friend, your gun was designed to shoot rifled slugs. That doesn't mean you have to shoot only Sabot slugs. This is a matter of personal choice that YOU get to make. No rifled slug will damage a shotgun designed to shoot rifled slugs in the first place.( No Exceptions). Sabot slugs are not cheap. They do however, have the advantage of greater accuracy at longer ranges than a regular rifled slug. The only question that needs to be answered here is do you want to spend the additional money on Sabots to take advantage of the longer range and accuracy or not. Simple....

Answer 9

Rifling in a slug barrel is preferable to rifling on the slug because it will impart a positive spin. Check to see if your dealer has smooth slugs. If he does, use them.
The only thing I wonder about when shooting a rifled slug is will the rifling on the slug and the rifling in the barrel interfere with each other and cause leading. In any case the soft lead will not hurt the barrel.
Try a few rifled slugs and inspect for lead fouling . If no excessive leading is encountered, use them, because they are more plentiful and cheaper.

Answer 10

brenneke ko slugs about 3 dollars a box of five one large hole accuracy out of my mossberg 695 bolt action sluggun full rifled barrel, the ko is an lead foster style slug with attached tail for better accuracy they also make it saboted for slightly more. devastating on whitetails.

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