Shotguns with rifled barrels?

[tanstaafl72555]

Is that a thing? Why would that be a desirable thing? I can't conceive of the physics here being an argument for more accuracy, but I don't know anything.

 

[Tim]

Slugs. That's the only reason.

But, I've never understood why a 'shotgun with a rifled barrel' isn't just a rifle...

 

[thrillhill]

Is that a thing? Why would that be a desirable thing? I can't conceive of the physics here being an argument for more accuracy, but I don't know anything.

To shoot sabot-ed slugs more accurately at longer ranges.

A lot of northern/populous states have/had rules in place against deer hunting with rifles. Hence the sabot slug market.

 

[45/70fan]

With a smoothbore and old pumpkin ball slugs 6"-8" is about the best you'll see at 100 yards. A rifled barrel with sabot slugs you can get 1"-2" groups. Even sabots drop very fast much past 100 yards is why they aren't considered rifles.

 

[alpharius]

To shoot sabot-ed slugs more accurately at longer ranges.

A lot of northern/populous states have/had rules in place against deer hunting with rifles. Hence the sabot slug market.

Nothing like a good gun law to create a market where none existed before.

 

[Nosidda Eor]

I have a beretta 390 st with a rifles barrel that I inherited from my grandfather who lived in Illinois from my understand they weren’t allowed a “rifle” season they had to use rifles shotguns with slugs and only get that for two weeks. I think it’s one of those things that people made as a “loop hole” to stricter rifle law states.