Sabot Slugs

[siriusnorth]

Just got my first shotgun and am a bit green with ammo types and had a couple of questions regarding sabot slugs.

1. Can a sabot slug be used in a smoothbore shotgun safely?

2. If they can be used are they worth using?

The reason I am asking is that I wanted to get a few quality four legged predator protection shells for JIC when deepwoods camping. Thanks for any input you guys might have.

 

[ilovegunz]

You can, but they're designed for rifled shotguns and will be awfully inaccurate in smoothbore shotguns. And they cost more to boot. Your regular average old foster slug will put a bear on its ass just fine.

 

[curtmg]

Regular rifled slugs will work better, for about 25% the price. Sabots, need to be spun, to realize their full potential. They will fire safely from a smoothbore, but be a horrible waste of money, as they will just fly unstablized in whatever direction they are apt to go.

 

[muscles1000]

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot46.htm

 

[siriusnorth]

Thanks for the info guys and the link was to the point and detailed, muscles1000. I guess I am off to find some plain old rifled slugs.