Over time will it mess up the barrel?
2007-11-06 12:46:30 · 6 answers · asked by jcmudslinger 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Basic slugs like the Rem Slugger may or may not shoot better out of a rifled barrel compared to a smoothbore; either way, no harm done as lead is softer than steel. The premium sabot slugs, though, really need a rifled barrel to shoot well enough to justify the cost.
Long ago the Remington slug was made under bore size to fit thru the tighter chokes of bird guns, but with the increasing availability of interchangeable barrels and dedicated slug guns, they standardised their slugs at or about bore diameter like the rest of the industry.
Oddly enough my Winchester M120 smoothbore slug gun prefers remington 2 3/4"slugs to all others by a wide margin.
2007-11-07 02:24:57 · answer #1 · answered by geraldine f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES...Thats what they were designed for. The only thing you need to be concerned with is to make sure your smooth-bore shotgun isn't a Full Choke Barrel.........
2007-11-06 13:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by JD 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
2007-11-06 22:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, but manufactures recommend you shoot them in cylinder, or improved cylinder chokes for accuracy & safety.*
2007-11-07 03:38:17 · answer #4 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-11-06 12:59:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah you can sure can wont hurt it a bit
2007-11-06 12:52:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋