Sabot Slugs thru a Rifled Choke Tube???

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Has anyone shot groups at 100 or more yards with sabot slugs and a smoothbore shotgun with a rifled choke tube? Can you compare it to a fully rifled barrel? To a smoothbore? I'm looking for longer range accuracy and all around versatility in one barrel. Can it be done?
 
yep.

I cast my own slugs they look kinda like a big airgun pellet, and use regular aa12 wads for the sabot. anyways Ive had good luck with the remington factory tube as well.

As far as groups go, you canhit a deer with no problems at 100 yards. Ususally less than 3 inches is normal for me.

The biggest trick is to learn the trajectory of the slug your shooting. Mine arent that fast, but at 525 grains they dont need to be, but with some of todays faster slugs 100 yards should be just a chip shot.
 
A friend has a Browning A-bolt slug gun with a 5" rifled slug choke, and I have an A-bolt slug gun with a fully rifled barrel. The two guns, shoot almost identical at 100 yds. My slug gun with lightfield hybreds, go into about a 2-1/2" group, and his into about a 3"-3-1/2" group. I believe Browning has done the most choke research, in reguards to slug and choke tubes. Butcher
 
Yotenaylor, Thanks, you ever shoot yours against factory?

Butch, Thanks, good comparison. You guys ever switch guns?

Sounds to me like the choke is better than smoothbore, but not as good as fully rifled. Hope to hear others chime in.
 
i have a rifled choke for my 870
i trird a mess of different slugs and slug types
the winchester (cheap)slugs grouped the best (3")
the sabits didn't do very well
todd
 
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