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I have both rifled and smoothbore slug guns at present. I used the smoothbore barrel with sights for a long time and will again. I like the rifled barrel a bit better. It has a scope on it and it easily makes 125 yard hits. I run Remington Buckhammers and Brenneke OS slugs in it usually. This may seem odd but I get better slug performance out of the rifled barrel and more straight line penetration. My next loading I will test are the federal 7/8ths ounce lead hollowpoint sabot slug (Powershock) which are not expensive and make 3 shot groups touching at 50 yards, 2 1/2 inch groups at 100. It is a 20 gauge Remington 870. I use it for hog hunting mostly nowadays and like it a lot.