A sabot (left) will sustain its trajectory much longer than a rifled slug (right). We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › More ...

Joseph Albanese Before we get into the gauge debate, we need to look at the varieties of slugs available. There are two main types, Foster and sabot . Though they were intended to perform similar ...

Browning Ammunition has new polymer-tipped sabot slugs for rifled-barreled shotguns capable of lethal performance beyond 150 yards, according to Browning officials. Browning’s new BSX slugs come ...

The sudden demand for slugs led to some improvements in their design. The Foster-style lead slug—never particularly accurate at distance—gave way to sabot slugs that could be fired through rifled ...

A mainstay in the Winchester line since 1997, the Super-X BRI Sabot Slug has an hourglass-shaped, hollow-point, lead-alloy slug contained within a two-halved sabot, which separates shortly after ...

The 24" barrel is rifled, ported and has a 3.5" chamber. The owner’s manual says not to shoot rifled slugs in this barrel, only sabot slugs. Why is that? A. The conventional lead “rifled slug ...

If you are new to Iowa shotgun deer hunting, you probably have a lot of questions about choice of slugs, sabots, loads, effective ranges and so on. Let's try to answer some of them. Probably ...

“When the law went into place, the effective range of a slug, through a smooth bore barrel, was 40-50-60 yards,” Driesden says. “Now, with rifle barrels and sabot slugs, it’s like a couple ...