Rifled vs sabot slug — which for my shotgun?
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Getting into slug hunting. What is the difference between a rifled slug and a sabot slug, and which do I need?
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Match the slug to your barrel. Rifled (Foster) slugs are made for a smoothbore barrel and are the budget, general-purpose deer choice inside about 75-100 yards. Sabot slugs are made for a rifled barrel, where they give rifle-like accuracy out to 150-200 yards — but in a smoothbore they are inaccurate and wasted. So: smoothbore barrel, use rifled slugs; rifled slug barrel, use sabots. Sight in with the exact slug you will hunt, and remember slugs over-penetrate badly indoors, so they are a hunting load, not home defense.