H&R PARDNER PUMP

[Dan92]

Hey all, just bought a H&R pardner for deer season this year. its got a 26inch smooth bore barrel. I have heard mixed things about using sabot slugs in smooth bore. I have heard a few people have no issue, while others say the sabot flys sideways through smooth bore. I bought 5 hornady sabot slugs and 5 remi regular slugs. What are yalls thoughts?

[gfdeputy2]

Sabots = Rifled Barrel

Rifled slugs= Smoothbore

http://youtu.be/C53nTN4A7yc

 

[phade]

Lightfield Slugs...they key to the barrel.

 

If you don't want to spend that money, Federal Truball without a question...they dirty a barrel up fast, but shoot well for the cost.

[Dan92]

Sabots = Rifled Barrel

Rifled slugs= Smoothbore

http://youtu.be/C53nTN4A7yc

Thats what i always thought, but the guy at gander suggested the sabots, i question it but got em anyway cuz they were 20% off. Then i googled and youtubed it and got many mixed things.

I am going to use the Remingtons Slugger rifled slugs 

[ants]

Save your money & just run standard slugs through it. You are gaining zero by using the more expensive  sabots. Use Remington Sluggers, Federal Truball or regular Winchester Foster type slugs. $5.00 compared to $15.00 to $20.00 per five round box.

[gfdeputy2]

All I ever used were the Remington Sluggers through My H&R Excell Auto

can't beat the price & shoot fine

I agree with ants you are not gaining anything more likely losing accuracy

[Culvercreek hunt club]

waste of money in a smooth bore

[PREDATE]

Plain jane Federals & Tru-balls have always been my top choice for slugs in my old Ithaca & Remington mod 11.

I've never shot the hybrids, but I know without a doubt that sabots will shoot all over the place out of a smooth bore.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have had guys tell me they shoot sabots out of a smooth bore. First. As I said it seems like a waste of money and second a rifles slug way designed to impart spin on the slug in a smooth bore. A sabot is smooth because the rifling in the barrel imparts spin. A sabot in a smooth bore should slide out straight like a wad on bird shot. I can't believe at any distance there could be any reproducible accuracy that way

[Elmo]

Here. Explains it all and then some.

http://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-46-shotgun-slugs-sabots-and-smooth-bore-barrels/

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