Just what the question states. I'm sure it's less than optimal, but for a quick function check, and to get familiarized with a new purchase, is there any safety hazard to using rifled slugs (for smoothbores) in a rifled slug bore?
A friend of mine just acquired a new Remington 870 slugger with a rifled barrel, and he'd like to test it at an indoor range's rifle bay. However, he only has rifled slugs for smoothbores on hand.
I would guess that accuracy might suffer, and the bore might lead up a bit faster if the slug rifling caused the bore rifling to cut a bit deeper than usual, but there'd be no safety issue with trying five or so rifled slugs out of a Rem 870 slug bore at a 25 yard indoor range just for familiarization with function and recoil.
However, that's just guessing and that's not good enough. I've been searching THR and the Internet at large, but it's a difficult search term to come up with.
All he's looking to do is poke a few holes at 25 yards for familiarization purposes. If all that's involved is a little extra elbow grease to clean, he'd rather save the money and use his existing slugs. If it's not a good idea for any reason, he won't do it.
Thoughts?
A friend of mine just acquired a new Remington 870 slugger with a rifled barrel, and he'd like to test it at an indoor range's rifle bay. However, he only has rifled slugs for smoothbores on hand.
I would guess that accuracy might suffer, and the bore might lead up a bit faster if the slug rifling caused the bore rifling to cut a bit deeper than usual, but there'd be no safety issue with trying five or so rifled slugs out of a Rem 870 slug bore at a 25 yard indoor range just for familiarization with function and recoil.
However, that's just guessing and that's not good enough. I've been searching THR and the Internet at large, but it's a difficult search term to come up with.
All he's looking to do is poke a few holes at 25 yards for familiarization purposes. If all that's involved is a little extra elbow grease to clean, he'd rather save the money and use his existing slugs. If it's not a good idea for any reason, he won't do it.
Thoughts?