The First Slug Barrels
The first slug barrels were cylinder bore barrels (no choke) outfitted with rifle sights, which are far better suited to accurate shooting of still targets than the standard bead sight used for shooting small, moving targets with shotshells. Most pump-action and semi-automatic shotguns have barrels that can easily be changed in under a minute without tools, so having more than one barrel for a single shotgun is common. With the addition of a slug barrel, the standard shotgun used for bird hunting, skeet or trap shooting can then be used for hunting large game, such as deer at ranges of over 100 meters (109 yards).
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A lumbering lubbard loitering slow,
Impingers rue thee and go down,
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Nor stir the slimy slug that sprawls
Along thy dead indifference of walls.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)