Rifling in shotgun barrel

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Prof Young

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I bought a Winchester 1300 12 ga shotgun that came with a vent rib barrel and a slug barrel. The slug barrel is smoothbore. Could I have it rifled and at what kind of cost?
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Prof Young
 
I did not know they made smooth bore slug barrels - does it have a scope mount and therefore it is a slug barrel? For the time and $$$ involved you could probably buy a decent used 1300 with a rifled slug barrel and not reinvent the wheel.
 
Lots to ponder and still you call

JMHO
Not sure of your hunting enviroment but there have been many deer taken with smooth bores, every year. If it were I, I'd stick with the smooth bore or purchase a rifled barrel. In our Midwest states, smooth bores give good performance. ... ;)

I did not know they made smooth bore slug barrels
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A bit confusing but these are known as Rifle Sighted barrels. Basically it has open sights. My old 1100 was this way and it was a killing machine. Weaver and I'm sure others, make a saddle mount/base for scope application.

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Open sights barrel

Yes, Pahoo has it right. This barrel has open sights and is a good deal shorter than the vent rib.

I haven't tried the slug barrel out yet and, of course, will do so before I think about having it rifled.

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Prof Young
 
Try the regular barrel for slugs, too.
It might be the better choice - there's no telling without trying.
Smooth barrels with modified chokes often do very well with slugs, even with rib and bead, instead of sights.
 
Yes, Pahoo has it right. Ithaca had the first Deer Slayer barrel.

The barrel was bored slightly tighter than standard (hammer Forged) and it came with rifle sights.
 
FWIW, as a rule, smoothbore RS bbls prefer (accuracy-wise) bare Foster-type slugs; while rifled RS bbls do better with saboted slugs.



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