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Originally Posted by Ursus Maior
On modelling slugs:
Many shotguns, but certainly not all, are not rifled guns, but smooth bore. Do we feel this warrants further modifiers for range or is this taken into account by the pistol-like Range of "2" already? I'm feeling the latter, but what are your opinions?
Otherwise, Tegyrius' proposals seem to be the way to go, for me.
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There is some confusion with slugs today. Modern hunting sabots are designed to be used with a RIFLED BARREL. The spin imparted by the rifling allows the sabot to separate properly and the .50 caliber subpenetrator to fly with accuracy. These rounds are why you can buy rifled choke tubes for shotguns that can use such chokes.
Rifled slugs are misnamed because they are designed to be fired from a SMOOTHBORE BARREL. They have a spiral cut in them that allows gas to flow around them and slowly rotate them when fired. This rotation allows for improved accuracy up to 100m. Firing a Rifled Slug from a rifled barrel may actually REDUCE accuracy by causing the now faster-spinning slug to "wobble" in flight.
So there do need to be rules for slugs in the game, even for smooth bored shotguns.