870 Barrel Question

[glowdotGlock]

I have an 870 Marine Magnum 12 gauge. I don't know much about shotgun barrels. It is a smooth bore if you look down it but on the left side of the barrel it is stamped "CYL". I wanted to see if I could shoot slugs through it before I tried. I've heard you can shoot rifled slugs in a smooth bore and sabots in a rifled barrel. Am I close? Thanks

[RED333]

"CYL" is the size of the of the choke, "cyl" stands for cylinder bore, yes you will be fine shooting slugs.

[glowdotGlock]

Ah ok. I knew I probably sounded a little ignorant but I have owned several 870's but just didn't know much about barrels. I just wanted to be sure I could. Thanks

[RED333]

A bit of reading?

http://www.chuckhawks.com/shotgun_slugs.htm

[glowdotGlock]

Thanks for the link. I tried doing some Googling before starting the thread. Wish I had found this first :D

[RED333]

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