Rifled slugs?

Question

I dont know this is true but i have read as an answer on here that it is bad to use rifled slugs in a fully rifled barrel. the guy said "read your instruction manual it will say "NOT TO USE REGULAR SLUGS IN A RIFLED BARREL" a slug will defect the rifled grooves in the barrel and sooner or later you will need to replace you barrel." is this true? i only use sabboted slugs in my fully rifled barrel but i would just like to know. thank you.

Answer 1

Rifled slugs don't do any damage at all to a rifled barrel. They just don't *work* for crap out of a rifled barrel. Same goes for sabot slugs out of a smoothbore barrel....they won't damage the barrel (as long as it has no choke), they just don't *work* for crap out of a smoothbore barrel.

If you read these posts enough, you'll see junk like that all the time. Folks are bad for repeating small snippets of info like that but have no real idea of the underlying "why". You see the same junk on all the forums.

It's the old addage about "a little knowledge is a bad thing" in practice.

In reality, a soft lead rifled slug is simply deformed badly in a rifled barrel and has next to no real accuracy. They're designed to get their accuracy out of the thin lead skirt like a badminton birdie....and deforming that thin lead skirt by dragging it over rifling makes it fly erratically.

Answer 2

yes thats true, rifled for smoothbore, smooth for rifled bore is the rule

Answer 3

Do what the manual tells you to do.* Thats what a manual is for, follow directions.*