Remington 870, are sabot slugs through a rifled barrel worth the price??

One thing… the holes the rifled slugs make are twice as large in diameter. Might want that if you love carnage.

If this is correct and I assume it is, you would be foolish to hunt with anything but the rifled slugs, they weigh more, bring more energy to the target deform more and are just plain more deadly than the sabot. I generally prefer buckshot as most of my hunting is done in very tight cover, but when I do hunt in more open areas I find very satisfactory results and I have no rear sight. Just a 30" barrel and a full choke, the same one I use for small game. Keep it simple one gun one barrel many different types of game good for deer, (buckshot and slugs) ducks, turkey, goose, bear, pheasants, coyote. Did I leave anything off the list?

I run with an 870 3" Magnum. I BOUGHT a rifled barrel for it. Fact of the matter is that every round has its own best use. I dont often use scatter, but there are activities in which its good, so have the choked smooth barrel standing by. I would rather hunt with solid rounds as scatter is really kind of weak per round for big game, if they hit. I want to penetrate deeply, take out critical structure Im aiming for on the way. However the rifled barrel is largely for one single slug: The Brenneke Magnum Crush.
You see, I have a foldable stock on the shotgun and its most often used as a camp gun. I run the Magnum Crush for 1 1/2 oz of hard cast at 3,800 foot pounds of impact on dangerous game with a 0.71" round. Bears. Its my bear gun and that is my bear round. It stops what you throw it at. Rifled Barrels ONLY. They are stronger, and right on the box its mandatory for this ammo.
If I want to hunt something other than bear or wish to use a lighter round there are still high power alternatives. Red Magic for instance at 3,000 foot pounds is a sabot. Black Magic in the same ballpark is a slug. These can be run with smooth barrels apparently. Normally Its a pistol grip camp gun loaded with Crush and Im hunting with a 30-06 at 3000 foot pounds.

Say Bo, (sabot) – T is silent as in Chevrolet…

Sabot is French... Pronounced Sabo... Leave off the t... In French sabot refers to shoe...

I use rifled slugs only mainly because we can use buckshot to hunt deer down here in Florida so no need for rifled barrels when buckshot is used a lot more than slugs

Great video, can you do a scope on the sabot with rifled barrel?

Think about it, Rifled slugs are encased in a plastic wad, They don't contact rifling. Why would they lead? Please test rifled slugs in the rifled barrel with a scope.

It's pronounced Sabo....the t is silent.

The weight difference between the 870 and the 500 makes a difference when carrying a long ways and quick target acquisition.
as far as the safety “click” issue goes… my Mossberg is virtually silent at all times…

I have a Rem 870 shotgun with the same laminated stocks, and an 18/12 " cylinder bore barrel. The only difference is a Bushnell TRS 25 red dot that sits on a Remington saddle mount. I'm a useless shot without the red dot, but shoot fine with it. 😶

Try a rifled barrel with 100% copper slugs, which is supposed to be good to 150 yards and a 4 inch group or less.

I’m upstate New York too man. I use mossy 500 20 gauge with smoothbore barrel and rifled slugs and I go out to like 100 yards no problem. Great for deer. Rifled barrel isn’t really super worth it imo.

They are Not Sa-bot
It’s pronounced Say-bo.

I'm curious to see how accurate a sabot is through a smooth bore..

You shot the bored down to the right you. Can see the hole from the slug appear.

I wonder how much better the 28" barrel does. I'd like a scope. This was great to help the information.

Thanks for the video, very insightful!