nepawolf
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Yeah with all of those dang heat seeking bullets.
Yeah with all of those dang heat seeking bullets.
I did not know about rifled shotgun barrels. What then is the difference between rifle and smooth bore?Technically, I don't know how slugs shot through rifled shotgun barrels are legal, except for the fact that they are historically accepted hunting guns.
That's exactly the premise behind the Taurus "Judge" when loaded with .410ga shotgun shells. The guy doing the demo in their video seems pretty proud of that.Same principle as for a "proper" rifle - the grooves impart spin on the bullet/slug, which stabilizes it in flight. That said, a round ball of a slug is still not very aerodynamic, but it still improves accuracy at a distance compared to shooting one through a smooth "shot" barrel. They're only generally used by deer hunters. Ohio has shotgun-only deer hunting (no rifles anyway), so they're pretty common here. You don't want to shoot shot shells throughrifled slug barrel, because the wad will spin from the rifling and cast the shot out in an "O" pattern.
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Sorry fella's it's a rifled slug fired through a smoot bore slug barrel. Never heard of a rifled shotgun barrel, but I have fired rifled slugs theu a shotgun.Legba wrote:I did not know about rifled shotgun barrels. What then is the difference between rifle and smooth bore?Technically, I don't know how slugs shot through rifled shotgun barrels are legal, except for the fact that they are historically accepted hunting guns.
I'm sorry, I stand correctedRifled slug barrels are a relatively new thing for shotguns, and are primarily designed to fire sabbotted slugs.