[al1599]

Alright guys been a while since i been on here but I'm ready to be back in the gun world and ask you guys questions that have been answered before. HAHA! Will a rifled choke be good enough until i can afford to get a rifled barrell for my 870 and how about the rifled slugs? Whats the accuracy with that? I want to shoot deer and hogs. Oh and how far would I be good for?

[Tim the student]

I shoot an IC choke with my slugs, and don't really know anything about rifled chokes. IIRC, there was a write-up in the box o truth about them that basically said they didn't really have a large bearing on the slugs/sabots but I may very well be mistaken. If I were you, I wouldn't spend my money on them - I'd shoot out of a choke I had. Your best accuracy will probably come out of an IC, but maybe a modified, and probably not anything tighter than that.

Rifled slugs are for smooth bore guns.

Sabot slugs are for rifled guns.

You will be good for as far as you can be accurate - and that will probably be within 100 yards. I can keep 5 rounds in a paper plate offhand at 50-60 yards, and farther the better my rests get. I personally don't feel comfy shooting more than about 100 yards regardless. I trust the slug would be fine, but my shot placement will be lacking.

Don't know about hogs, but tons of big deer die in Iowa every year from slugs.

[ClemY]

When I restored my old Remington Model 11 (an authorized Browning A-5 clone), I had an MMC receiver sight put on and had it cut for removable choke tubes. It has a long recoil action with the barrel reciprocating something like 3 inches, but it seems to be tight in the track and very consistent. I have shot Remington rifle slugs with it into about 3" at 50 yds. off a crude bench. A rifled barrel with good sabot slugs may do better, but this is good enough for me.

The important thing for your Remington is the sights and sloppiness of the barrel/receiver connection. Good sights and a sloppy connection will make it difficult to achieve good accuracy. You may need to stick with the barrel mounted rear sight for a while.

[Jack2427]

A rifled choke tube will give you a marked improvement over a total smoothbore, IF it is a good quality tube. I have SGs with all 3 varieties of barrel, and the fully rifled gives the best acccuracy (logically) with the Browning A Bolt giving literally rifle like accuracy. I have a rifled choke tube for an FN (Winchester 1300) and it will give groups of 2-4" at 75 yards depending on ammo, with the all copper slugs the groups get really small. I have an 1100 with a fully rifled barrel that will give the A Bolt a run for the money, but only with a specific ammo brand. The A Bolt shoots almost all sabot rounds quite well.
You cannot go wrong trying a rifled choke tube as the benefits may be so good that you will not need a fully rifled barrel, at a lot less money.
Remember to use sabot rounds in the rifled tube.