Remington Supermag with Rifled slug

[Juany]

Is there any issue with using rifles slugs in a Remington Supermag? Standard barrel with modified choke.

I have an antlerless deer hunt at Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge and want/required to use my 12 gauge.

Does anyone have any experience hunting deer with buckshot? Reasonable range?

I would appreciate e everyone's thoughts.

Thanks!

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[eustace_stelio]

You can use a smooth bore to shoot slugs but if your target is over a 100 yards the rifling helps.

Slug Country Debates: Rifled Barrel Versus Smooth Bore - River Valley Arms & Ammo

They are questions that come up many times each year: Do I need a rifled barrel for my slug gun or can I just get away with using my smooth bore? Do I

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[Andy54Hawken]

When growing up ...all the local hunting areas for deer and bear were for Archery , Muzzle loading rifle or Shotgun.
While I have used buck shot with excellent results , for me at least , while in the Army...I can't say that I was super impressed with it on deer.
I have had better luck with slugs from my 20 gauge.

I grew hunting deer and bear with my 1962 Wingmaster , 20 gauge and a modified choke.
Just like anything lots of practice...and you need to figure out what load works the best for how you shoot.

If I had to use a shotgun today to hunt deer...
I think I'd get a dedicated slug barrel* and good set of iron sights or a low powered scope.
Andy

*Edit to add :
Rifled or smooth bore...I lean towards smooth bore...I like the idea of a multi use barrel...
And where I hunt..a far shot is around 100 yards.

 

[Tlock]

I use buckshot on a regular basis for coyotes and it works really well. I prefer #4 buck, I can say I have never deer hunted with it. If your local I have some 00 buck made by heavy shot you can have to test its pattern

 

[Juany]

You can use a smooth bore to shoot slugs but if your target is over a 100 yards the rifling helps.

Slug Country Debates: Rifled Barrel Versus Smooth Bore - River Valley Arms & Ammo

They are questions that come up many times each year: Do I need a rifled barrel for my slug gun or can I just get away with using my smooth bore? Do I

rivervalleyarms.com

Great article. Thanks!

 

[kmk1012]

Does a rifled slug actually stabilize a slug in a smooth bore? That opens up a whole new firearm category that is like to start.

 

[Juany]

I use buckshot on a regular basis for coyotes and it works really well. I prefer #4 buck, I can say I have never deer hunted with it. If your local I have some 00 buck made by heavy shot you can have to test its pattern

I'm in Portland.

 

[Tlock]

I don't make it up that way.....ever. Salem is as close as I get

 

[Rem700..300]

For my smoothbore shotgun it did. One buck I shot a mutiple times about 75 yards I had non-rifled slugs, I thought I saw a few of the slugs fly like an airsoft pellet. Straight then curve off.
A friend gave me a rifled slug and hit where I aimed granted it was 50 or so yards.
Bought a rifled barrel and with sabots at 100 yards have 3 inch grouping.

 

[Stomper]

You could also put a rifled "choke" in place of your modified choke on your smoothbore and use non-rifled slugs/sabots, etc. I've never hunted with shotgun slugs (rifled or otherwise), but I seem to recall that you don't want to use rifled slugs in a rifled shotgun barrel.

 

[Juany]

I don't make it up that way.....ever. Salem is as close as I get

I don't blame you. I'm working on my exit plan.

 

[Juany]

You could also put a rifled "choke" in place of your modified choke on your smoothbore and use non-rifled slugs/sabots, etc. I've never hunted with shotgun slugs (rifled or otherwise), but I seem to recall that you don't want to use rifled slugs in a rifled shotgun barrel.

That's what I found as well. Smooth bore can shoot anything but a rifled slug is better. Rifled barrel needs a non-rifled slug/sabot.

I have not heard of the rifled choke. I will check that out.