I use an atlatl
I use an atlatl
Lol, I was actually thinking about trying to make one of those (not for hog hunting, I just thought it'd be cool).
12 Ga with slugs. Smooth bore or rifled bore. The only difference is accuracy and distance.
and cost!
I was looking into buying a rifled barrel and scope for my 12 gauge because I do some deer hunting in Indiana (used to be shotgun/muzzleloader only) but they changed the laws to allow rifles chambered in handgun cartridges....so I went to .44 mag rifles instead.
IMO, the cost of a rifled barrel plus a scope and sabots.....you might as well save up for a couple extra weeks and buy yourself a rifle, unless you are hunting shotgun only areas.
EDIT:
I just looked at the cost of smoothbore slug barrels and it ain't much different than a rifled one. I've never shot slugs out of long barrels so I can't really say anything about it...only issue I see is the bead sight...but that can be fixed with a red dot sight or something along those lines.
That being said, I still vote for saving up and getting a decent lever gun. .30-30 or .44 or whatever (skip over a .357). Can't beat 'em for 99% of the hunting folks do in this state.
a couple of wording corrections, yes I'm splitting hairs but it may help newbie. no choke tube is gonna be labeled OPEN, that would be a cylinder choke or improved cylinder choke to use in smoothbores for slugs. and bbl's may be rifled. NOT sights. an open "rifle type" sight would go on a bbl. lands and grooves on a sight would make them blurry and hard to see, J.K. YES I'm onion busting and nit picking, but correct, sorry.
I'm only sticking my nose in here cuz some gun store employees live to try and make people look and feel foolish. using the correct terms, prevent this. good luck.
