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Hoosier_Daddy · October 11, 2012, 05:40 PM

If I hunt deer near where I live, I have to use a shotgun instead of a rifle. Please forgive me for this newbie question but is there an advantage on using a rifled barrel shotgun with sabot slugs rather than a smooth bore shotgun with standard slugs?
There seems to be many more selections of standard (smooth bore) slugs than there is in rifled sabot slugs.

October 11, 2012, 05:40 PM	#1
Hoosier_Daddy Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2011 Location: Lower Michigan Posts: 163	Rifled barrele or smooth bore for deer slugs? If I hunt deer near where I live, I have to use a shotgun instead of a rifle. Please forgive me for this newbie question but is there an advantage on using a rifled barrel shotgun with sabot slugs rather than a smooth bore shotgun with standard slugs? There seems to be many more selections of standard (smooth bore) slugs than there is in rifled sabot slugs.