"rifled slugs" in a rifled barrel

I was told to never shoot cheap rifled slugs through rifled shotgun barrels. We tried it anyway and at 50 yds got 3" goups. Does anyone shoot the rifled slugs through rifled barrels instead of the sabots? The reason we tried it is because Remington says on the side of the rifled slug box it can be used in smooth bore or rifled barrels, and of course the cost cost difference is huge.

I had a 870 slug barrel with the screw in rifled choke tube, I shot REM Rifled slugs out of It. After 5 rounds It blew Half of the tube out of the Barrel!!!! I called REMMINGTON and they told me to send them the Barrel and tubes,and they sent me back a Brand New Fully Rifled barrel,I only shoot sabot slugs out of it and it is VERY accurate out to 125 yds!!!!

I dont hunt anymore and dont pretend to be any kind of expert on ANY hunting firearm. But about 9 years ago I hunted some shotgun only territory and had a fully rifled barrel shotgun. I always shot sabots out of it but had like 15 or so cheap remington rifled slugs sitting at home from a previous gun. My buddy is a gunsmith and told me shooting them through a rifled barrel was not a good idea and it will "filth it up" the barrel at very least and lead to accuracy problems later. I said screw it I can always clean my barrel and went the range to shoot them up. I blew off all 15 and was getting 2" and a little better groups at 100 yards. Needless to say I still used expensive sabots for the season after a really good barrel cleaning(and it was really dirty). But I was seriously surprised at how well the gun still shot after that many soft lead slugs put though it. I dont advocate it but it did work out in my gun.

Brenneke Copper Solids are a mid range cost alternative designed to be shot from a rifled barrel. I have been using these for the past 5 years and they are deadly out to 150 yards for around $8.00 a box. I zeroed my gun at 70 yards which is an inch high at 50, 1" low at 100, 2" low at 120 and 6" low at 150. At 70 yards I am holding under a 2" group off of a rest. I fired 12 rounds at the target with no fliers, swabbed the barrel and went hunting. This guy offered me a quartering shot, the slug smashed both front shoulders and took out both lungs at 120 yards.

Very little barrel fouling but a deadly tool for the job.

I have a kid that I help hunt ( he's now 17 ). He got a 20 Gauge Mossberg for Christmas a few years back and we tried all different sabots. Best sabots for his gun was Hornity but yet I had to adjust his rear sight as far to the left as I could in order for it to be zeroed in. This year his Dad bought Fed. riffed slugs. When he came out for sighting in we tried them. I couldn't believe they worked EVEN BETTER. Rear sight had to go back to center but I couldn't figure out why they worked so well. 50 and 100. I grabbed a few more boxes and never had a flier. Any thoughts as to why this is?? Side Note: He got his first buck this year! Thats his 4th deer in 4 years hunting and never trailed one yet.

It wasn't my gun it was my friends sons gun. The "rifled slugs" box says can be used in smooth bore or rifled barrels. This "kid" Has about 40k in college loans and is newly married with very little time to hunt because of two jobs anyway. We tried "rifled slugs" like the Remington box says you can and they shoot fairly well. Every person has different situations in life and money can get tough for those in life that carry their own weight instead of handouts from the government. This is why we tried the rifled slugs so come on man!

We will just clean the barrel more often. The longest shot will be 30-40 yds. It is still way cheaper than sabots. Later,ihookem.

if you shoot the sabots the barrel was designed to shoot you should be able to hold a better group than that at 200 yards

Riffled slugs in riffled barrels is going to fowl the barrel relatively quickly. You will have to clean the barrel often to maintain any amount of accuracy. I personally would be concerned with consistency as well. I would expect to get a "flier" often, and therefore wouldn't make it my combination of choice. If you don't want to pay for the sabots, just shoot smooth bore.