[Black92LX]

Can a rifled slug be shot thru an non rifled barrel? or is it like a sabot slug? just curious because usually on the box it says for rifled barrels only. but this box didn't.

[mtnbkr]

Yes, a "rifled" slug (assuming you mean "forster" type slugs) can be shot through a nonrifled barrel. I've done it plenty times before.

Chris

[Preacherman]

I'm not sure about American slug terminology, but where I learned about them (South Africa), we used three descriptions:

1. Shotgun slug: This meant a Foster-style slug or musket-ball arrangement: a smooth, lead slug, intended to be used in smoothbore barrels.

2. Rifled slug: This referred to the Brenneke and similar slugs: a rifling pattern was designed into the slug, so that some rotation would be imparted to it even from a smoothbore barrel. These slugs can be used in both smoothbore and rifled barrels.

3. Sabot slug: This referred to the slugs that don't contact the bore at all, but are enclosed within a plastic sabot that is discarded after exiting the muzzle. These are usually very inaccurate when fired from a smoothbore barrel, but are the most accurate from rifled barrels.