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Wild Bill Bucks · February 20, 2006, 02:52 PM

Best I can find out is, you have to have a rifled barrel. Some manufacturers are offering a shotgun slug that is basically a .45 or .50 caliber bullet wrapped in a thicker sabot so it will shoot in a shotgun. Since weight of bullet would be much less than a shotgun slug, they are supposed to be good to 200 yards and carry groups of 4 to 6 inches.
By the time you pay for the slug barrel, or buy a shotgun with a rifled barrel on it already, I would just buy a good muzzleloader. You will be shooting the same bullet, and probably get better accuracy at 200 yards.
I don't shotgun hunt at all, but hunt a lot with Thompson Encore in 50 caliber.
I would not settle for a 6" group with mine.

February 20, 2006, 02:52 PM	#2
Wild Bill Bucks Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2005 Location: Southeastern Oklahoma, Next door to Sasquatch Posts: 1,266	Best I can find out is, you have to have a rifled barrel. Some manufacturers are offering a shotgun slug that is basically a .45 or .50 caliber bullet wrapped in a thicker sabot so it will shoot in a shotgun. Since weight of bullet would be much less than a shotgun slug, they are supposed to be good to 200 yards and carry groups of 4 to 6 inches. By the time you pay for the slug barrel, or buy a shotgun with a rifled barrel on it already, I would just buy a good muzzleloader. You will be shooting the same bullet, and probably get better accuracy at 200 yards. I don't shotgun hunt at all, but hunt a lot with Thompson Encore in 50 caliber. I would not settle for a 6" group with mine.