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I've shot a couple of buckshot loads through my slug barrel because I was curious of the same thing. I shot at 40 yards with 15 pellet 00Buck (Winchesters I think). On a 12X12 target I got 3 pellets out of 30 at 40 yards. Not a good pattern I would say. Inside of 20 yards I don't know, but I would think you would be just as good as any 18-22" cylinder or open choke bore barrel.
cableguy657, I asked the very same question last week. Bought a Mosberg slugster. I have 18.5 on the way. Yeah and I'll be trading this barrel if I can. There is gun show next month I'll be trying my luck.
Can't say from personal experience, but from what I've heard and read a threaded barrel will give you patterns with an unfortunately large hole in the very middle, IE donut shaped.
I don't have a rifled barrel, but borrowed one from a Shooting Budd and tested the theory for myself...
A rifled barrel produces HORRIBLE patterns with shot loads. The rifling spins the shot column, and gives you a classic "doughnut" pattern. If you have the shot loads with the plastic 'cup' around the shot, lotza spin and doughnuts. If you have 'un-cupped' loads such as Wolf and some other buckshot ammo brands, the rifling gets leaded up very heavily, and shot is deformed by the rifling...again resulting in blown patterns.
I tried this with 00Buck, #1Buck, #4Buck, #4bird & #6bird. Very little difference...all patterns were lousy.
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