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Old 11-16-2017, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Huntsman View Post
For sabot slugs not Foster
Why not Foster in a rifled barrel ? Works fine.

Contrary to popular belief, the "rifled Slug" is not rifled to to produce a spin in the bore of a shotgun. As a matter of fact, anyone familiar with Internal Ballistics will know this. The Foster Rifled slug has rifling to produce a spin as it travels through air. Not the barrel. The slug DOES NOT SPIN IN THE BORE. PERIOD. Now, can you use these slugs in a rifled barrel? Yes. Any rifled barrel will shoot any rifled slug. The rifling in a shotgun bore will cut into the rifled slug and produce its own spin characteristics there. HOWEVER, it will not be as accurate as a sabot slug would be in the same barrel. Hope this helps. Just dont let anyone tell you a rifled slug is rifled to grip the inside of a bore and start a spin on it. It does not. If you want conformation, find a super slow motion video of a foster slug exiting a smooth bore. ----Jason Janacek

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