A sabot, often referred to as a sabot slug, is a single projectile bullet that is fired from a shotgun. A sabot slug is usually covered in plastic which breaks off upon impact.
Rottweil Laser Sabot Slug supposedly replaced the old Hastings slug. They are very highly recommended for hastings barrels.
no you cannot. sabot slugs are made for rifled barrels. I would buy a rifled slug barrel.
yes.
A single, non-rifled projectile shot out of a rifled bore shotgun (specifically a slug gun).
Yes.
A helical fin shotgun slug sabot is designed to stabilize and improve the accuracy of a shotgun slug by spinning it as it travels through the air. The helical fins create a rifling effect, similar to a bullet in a rifled barrel, which helps the slug maintain a straighter trajectory and hit the target more accurately.
You can use a sabot in any shotgun, as long as the barrel is not choked. If you have screw in chokes, you will want to use ONLY the Cylinder or CYL choke. Otherwise, you will need to look on the barrel to see what it is choked in. If you do not have screw chokes, unless it says CYLINDER or SLUG, it is probably choked. (It may say Improved, IM, Modified, Full, etc)
About 100-150 yards. Beyond that, the drop is so rapid as to make accuracy a problem.
The only way to know which brand/weight your weapon likes is to shoot as many different types as you can afford.
Full choked barrels are not ideal for slugs, but if pressed we would use a sabot-loaded projectile.
Yes. That's the only type of shotgun you should fire a sabot slug from. Rifled shotguns are intended for rifled slugs only. Actually, the opposite is true. Rifled slugs are preferred for smooth barreled shotguns. The 'rifling' on the slug is actually just fins that permit the slug to squeeze through the choke on the shotgun barrel. Sabot slugs are intended for rifled barrels, as they will give better accuracy. Some sabots may be used in smooth barrels, but you are paying more for sabots and not getting the accuracy you would get by using a sabot in a rifled barrel.