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Originally Posted by AB2506
You're comparing apples and oranges. Shortrange bear defence compared to hunting for deer or elk.
For bear defence, you are right, no sabot required. For that matter, the rifled barrel has no real effect inside 50 yds. Save your money.
For hunting ungulates, the sabot allows for more aerodynamic projectiles at a higher velocity that extends the effective range of a shotgun when used with a rifled barrel or rifled choke tube. For this purpose, a low powered scope works better than a red dot scope.
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The 12 ga slug,with rifle barrel,is actually quite effective,out to 100m.as per usual,practice,and knowing the limitation.Blasting away at long range,never a good idea--you have the unwanted wounding.It come down to the skill of the hunter--Speaking from experience,17 moose were harvested with rifled slugs.woundings a rarity.