slug weight
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rantingredneck
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I'm going to assume we're talking about 12 ga...........
Rifled (Foster/Brenneke) slugs go somewhere in the neighborhood of an ounce, give or take. Roughly 400 grains (edited, was half blind from lack of sleep when I posted that
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Sabot slugs go somewhere in the neighborhood of 350-400 grains IIRC.
Sabot slugs for rifled barrels, Rifled (Foster/Brenneke) for smoothbore.
Rifled (Foster/Brenneke) slugs go somewhere in the neighborhood of an ounce, give or take. Roughly 400 grains (edited, was half blind from lack of sleep when I posted that
)..........Sabot slugs go somewhere in the neighborhood of 350-400 grains IIRC.
Sabot slugs for rifled barrels, Rifled (Foster/Brenneke) for smoothbore.
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rantingredneck
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Yeah, I'm not sure how I ended up with 700 when I meant to post 400. I was apparently a little loopy at near 3 am.
To answer the OP's question. The rifled (Forster) type slugs tend to weigh more than the Sabot type. Some of the slugs will weigh as much as 1 3/8 oz or about 600 gr.
Lighter slugs also mean you can get more velocity.
Yes you CAN shoot sabot slugs through a smooth bore. The problem will be that you may not/probably won't get any accuracy and most likely tumbling soon after exit of the barrel.
Lighter slugs also mean you can get more velocity.
Yes you CAN shoot sabot slugs through a smooth bore. The problem will be that you may not/probably won't get any accuracy and most likely tumbling soon after exit of the barrel.