We will first try the Remington Copper Solid Sabot Slugs.

The group is slightly to the left of POA, but that does not matter.

It would be easy to adjust the scope to get it to hit at POA, but we aren't here today to adjust the scope.

Notice that the group is about a 2 inch group.

Very nice for a shotgun.

Then we changed the rifled barrel for a smooth bore barrel with a Cylinder Bore (no choke)

We then shot a 5 shot group with the same ammo and a smooth bore.

Here it is.

It is about a 9 inch group. (These are marked with a triangle)

Much larger than with a rifled barrel.

But notice this.

Here is a close-up of two of the rounds on the target.

Notice that they are flying sideways and making a key-hole in the target.

This indicates that they were not stabilized and started flying sideways in flight.

Now, would this still kill a deer?

I'm sure it would.

But why pay $4 per round for sabot rounds if they are not going to fly straight and make use of the hollow point bullet?

Next, we tried some of the Quik-Shok Sabot Slugs from the rifled barrel.