Are smooth bore slug barrels any good? and can i shoot shot through it?

Question

My gun is a Mossberg 500 12 gauge.

Answer 1

Not as good as rifled, but fair out to one hundred yards.

Answer 2

HI --- I have several Mossberg 500's of various configurations.... One of them is a slug gun with a smooth bore... I can hit a 12 inch steel plate at 100 yards with no problem... YES you can shoot shot and buckshot thru it.... Be sure to use only Foster type slugs thru a smooth bore... Not Sabots, they wouldnt work very efficeintly.....

http://www.chuckhawks.com/shotgun_slugs....

Answer 3

i have an 870, smooth bore and i shoot slugs and shot. you need to chech the choke tightness, unless it is full, extra full, or something of that type, no problem

Answer 4

If you only can have one barrel, I would shoot a smooth bore with rifle sights. This way, the gun could be used with shot or slug and do a reasonable job.

I have both rifled and smoothbore for my 12 ga. but if I had ONLY one , I would go with whatever would shoot all shells as an all around gun.

Answer 5

I own a winchester 12 gauge model 1500,  it came with a smooth slug barrel and was tapped for a scope. I put a scope on it and took it to a range. It did pretty good after experimenting with different slugs and I still use it. Between 75 & 100 yards I can get within a 6" pattern. I would not use buckshot in it because of the shortness of the barrel and it would spray a very wide pattern.

Answer 6

YES you sure can.* NO problem.*

Answer 7

Smooth barrels are intended for shot.  That is the raison d'être for smooth bores, to shoot shot.

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