rifled slug vs rifles choke

[bps540]

i recently picked up a 20" rifle sighted barrel for my remington 1187.
it came with a screw in rifled choke.
are rifled slugs ok or should i be looking at sabots?
a gun shop employee suggested that rifled slugs should not be used in a rifled choke..he said that it would cause the slug to be inaccurate.
i already have a healthy supply of rifled slugs.
what's the consensus??

 

[Hi-Standard]

Rifled slugs are self stabilizing since they are nose heavy, therefor a rifled barrel or choke is not necessary. Also the soft slug may lead up the rifling in the barrel. Best just to use smooth bore and an IC choke.

 

[fratri]

Riffle slugs through a smooth bore and sabot through the riffle barrel. You don't need or should not use a rifle choke tube, it is a waste and never needed in a rifle barrel. You can and I have shot a rifle slug through the rifle barrel, its not very accurate (compared to the sabot slug) and leads to lead build up in the rifle barrel, not worth it, stick to rifle barrel slug in smooth bore and sabot through rifle barrel and get rid of that rifle choke tube...

 

[Scamaniac]

I am afraid that your rifled choke tube may not see much use as it is far inferior for use with sabots to a fully rifled barrel. On the other hand, the only way to find out how your rifled slugs react to the rifled tube is to try some on target. If you are not happy with the results, clean the tube well and use it with remington buckhammers or something similar that does not rely on a ton of spin to be accurate.
Your other option is the old faithful IC choke with your rifled slugs.

 

[blasted_saber]

Put an IC choke in and let her rip with rifled slugs.

My smooth bore rifle sighted 870 does acceptable groups at 100 meters, is touching at 50. Thats with cheap Winchester slugs.

 

[fat tony]

I hate to be a wet blanket, but Foster slugs through a smoothbore lead the hell out of it after just 3-5 shots in my experience, so imo you don't have anything to lose by trying rifled slugs with a rifled choke. I would suggest tearing down one of the slug loads and taking a measurement around the skirt diameter, and comparing it to the measurements on the rifled choke tube. Someone noted previously in one of these slug threads, that Paradox shotguns used a rifled muzzle choke with deep riflings as opposed to the shallow Remington rifling on their choketubes.

Bore butter slows down the leading a bit (swab bore after every shot) but eventually it will lead up, and this of course slows down the firing process quite a bit.