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Posted: 9/11/2014 11:54:11 AM EDT
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A friend gave me several boxes of them because he was getting a lot of key-holing in his
smooth-bore bbl.. I tried them and got the same results at 15yds.. |
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Posted: 9/11/2014 12:06:32 PM EDT
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I always heard it was a no no to shoot sabots out of a smooth bore but no one could tell me why.
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Posted: 9/11/2014 12:10:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always heard it was a no no to shoot sabots out of a smooth bore but no one could tell me why. http://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-46-shotgun-slugs-sabots-and-smooth-bore-barrels/ |
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Posted: 9/11/2014 12:11:42 PM EDT
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It's a no no because they won't stabilize. They need to spin like a rifle bullet.
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Posted: 9/11/2014 12:47:20 PM EDT
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Yeah, I know the "trade secret" of rifled slugs in smooth bbl, sabots in a rifled bore. Just wondering. I pack standard fosters in my 870 now, but was just more curious if anyone had ever tried this particular slug.
I say NO to keyhole-ing, everytime. 
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Posted: 9/11/2014 5:10:06 PM EDT
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Will not work. Reasons stated above and personal experience. There are better Foster slugs out there now for smoothbore shotguns than in the old days. And the time-tested Brenneke slugs get the job done.
I use Brenneke slugs and Federal Flight Control 00B in improved cylinder shotgun barrels and am very happy with the group size. |
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Posted: 9/11/2014 8:17:50 PM EDT
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Coppersolids out of a 14.5" barrel with a rifled choke keyhole about 65% of the time at 25 yards...
Not so good for human or animal targets, but they sure do wreck engines pretty good 
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Posted: 9/14/2014 2:43:21 AM EDT
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The guy who taught me how to shoot a shotgun explained it to me like this:
"If it says 'sabot' on the box, it's not a shotgun shell. It's a big-bore, plastic rifle round." |
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Posted: 9/16/2014 1:07:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2014 9:51:52 PM EDT
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In our 12 ga super sabots, that we had made, we use 58cal hollowbase minies,
and they grouped about same as fosters at 30-40 yds. Straight on. Round nose heavier Minies, tightest group. Find a 12ga FH thread on some forum shows all. info. Ed |
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Posted: 9/20/2014 2:42:30 PM EDT
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Smoothbore needs a heavy front nose, kind of like hitting a shuttlecock over the net where the heavy end leads.
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Posted: 9/21/2014 9:19:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
It's a no no because they won't stabilize. They need to spin like a rifle bullet. Yup |
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Posted: 9/21/2014 9:21:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Smoothbore needs a heavy front nose, kind of like hitting a shuttlecock over the net where the heavy end leads. Or a finned dart. |
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