Rifled slugs, rifled barrel, what should i do?

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dand883

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So i recently got a new to me Mossberg 930 that came with a 28" smooth barrel and a 24" rifled barrel. I love the weight,balance and sights on the rifled barrel, but any practise range time with sabots are going to be very expensive.

I have read many people say that normal rifled slugs are fine in a rifled barrel, you just won't have the accuracy of a sabot and you will lead the barrel faster, which is fine for me, but i have also seen a few comments that say in an autoloader it's a bad idea. No one really gives much of a detailed reason why it is bad, and i like to know why rather that just go on a few comments.

Has anyone had problems with rifled slugs in a rifled barrel beyond extra leading and less accuracy? How many shots can you typically take before the rifling gets too leaded?
 
I would stick with sabots. Granted, they are more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
I tried shotgun hunting for my first time last year, 3 deer in a group, took the biggest doe at 130 yards, got the buck too at a full run way past that.
If you are going slugs for cost, you may as well use the smooth bore.
 
You know it may cost a bit at the range to sight your gun in, but once your gun is sighted it won't cost you a lot after that. I have a BPS with a scope on a rifled barrel, I fired 4 sabots at 3 deer last season. All 3 deer dropped on first shot, one needed a kill shot. All of those were shot 110-140 yards. Rifled slugs won't give you that accuracy.
 
You could experiment with Win Rackmaster slugs, however, your bbl will decide if it prefers that brand or not. Having said that, sabots should be the route to take......I would try Rem Accutips first as those tend to generally perform well in most rifled bbls.
 
Try rackmasters and then try remington copper solids. Rackmaster slugs are made both just make sure to really clean the rifled barrel.
 
As for the range i will be shooting, any time i get anywhere past 50-75 yards i will have my .308, this will just be pushing through the bush, most shots under 50 yards, so 100 yard accuracy isn't too important for me.
 
I have only used rifled slugs in my 500 rifled barrel, the cost of sabots were too much for me to justify. At 50 yards they group well enough that I wouldn't hesitate to use them on deer or bear. Anything beyond 50 yards I wouldn't be using the shotgun anyways. If I ever hunt in a shotgun only area I may rethink on going with sabots.
 
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