Why Slug Barrels Are Horrible Choice For Home Defense Shotguns.

By Bob Owens

Demolition Ranch does a lot of fun and interesting stuff with firearms, and once again doesn’t disappoint with it’s newest video.

Rifled Shotgun Barrel For Ultimate CQB*

The theory being tested is a simple one: will a rifled slug barrel on a shotgun spin the shot column in the barrel, causing it to spread out much faster that it would from a conventional smooth-bore shotgun barrel?

The test was to fire a singe round of 7 1/2 bird shot and a singe round of 9-pellet 00 buckshot out of a rifled barrel and a conventional barrel at the same distance, and …read more

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